26th Annual Montague-Center For Teaching Excellence Scholars Named
The Office of the Dean of Faculties and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) proudly announce this year’s Montague-CTE Scholars. 2016 marks the 26th year that this distinguished accolade in teaching excellence has been awarded. The Montague family will be in attendance at the Memorial Student Center in the Bethancourt Ballroom on Nov. 2 for the yearly celebration.
The Montague-CTE Scholar award is named in honor of Kenneth Montague ’37, a distinguished alumnus and outstanding trustee of Texas A&M University Development Foundation, who had a long and storied career in the Texas oil industry. Ken and Judy Montague endowed a generous gift in 1991 to benefit the future “Ken Montagues,” Aggies who are life-long learners and contributors to their communities. The Center is deeply grateful to his son, Jim, and wife, Vicki, for their generous and continued support that recognizes excellence in teaching and learning at Texas A&M University.
“Past recipients of the early career award have shared the significant influence the award has had on their overall academic career and we continue to be forever grateful to Jim and Vicki Montague for carrying on the Montague Legacy for this and other programs in the Center,“ stated Center Associate Director Debra Fowler.
The Montague-CTE Scholar award is given annually to one tenure-track assistant professor from each College, based on their early success in and passion for teaching undergraduate students. Awardees receive a $6,500 grant to encourage further development of teaching excellence. This award has been granted more than 234 faculty.
The 2016-17 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence scholars are:
- Maria Pia Miglietta, Galveston Campus, Department of Marine Biology;
- Felice House, College of Architecture, Department of Visualization;
- Laura Estill, College of Liberal Arts, Department of English;
- Carmen Gomes, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering;
- Xiaoning Qian, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering;
- Keith Ulmer, College of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy;
- Sakhila Banu, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Department of Veterinary Integrative Bioscience;
- Robert (Bobby) Reece, College of Geosciences, Department of Geology and Geophysics;
- Michael Withers, Mays Business School, Department of Management
Media contact: Montague-CTE Scholars program, cte@tamu.edu.
