Outstanding Educator Awards

The Outstanding Educator Award Task Force is pleased to announce the 2007 Outstanding Educator.

It is our privilege to honor this fine educator for his contributions to their students and the profession. The Outstanding Educator Award is a distinguished honor and we encourage you to make your recommendations this fall.

Raymond Wacker, Charles W. Groennert/Emerson Electric Teaching Excellence Professor of Accountancy at Southern Illinois University has been awarded the 2007 Outstanding Educator Award. Professor Wacker has been with Southern Illinois University for 17 years, where he has received many university teaching awards. Dr. Wacker has taught 19 different courses in the past 15 years. Dr. Wacker is a member of the Illinois CPA Society and has been an advisor for Beta Alpha Psi and SIUC's Chinese Students and Scholars Association.

Outstanding Educator Award:
Nominations are welcomed from any interested person (colleague, student, administrator, etc.). Your nominee should be an Illinois educator at a community college, college, or university who has made continuous and outstanding contributions to the accounting education of multi-cultural students. Educators who are now predominantly involved in administration or research are also eligible for the award. The primary criteria to be considered in making the selection are the following factors:

• Excellence in reaching out to multi-cultural students and encouraging diversity, including (but not limited to);

• Multi-cultural students

• Various income levels

• Different age groups

• Disabled students

• Displaced or second career students

Award for Promoting Diversity through Accounting Education:
Nominations are welcomed from any interested person (colleague, student, administrator, etc.). Your nominee should be an Illinois educator at a community college, college, or university who has made continuous and outstanding contributions to the education of accounting students. Educators who are noted for their teaching abilities, but are now predominantly involved in administration or research are eligible for the award. The nominee does not need to hold a doctoral degree. The primary criteria to be considered in making the selection are the following factors:

• Excellence in teaching,

• Student motivation and advising,

• Educational innovation,

• Contributions to the academic community, and

• Contributions to the accounting profession

Nominations will be accepted from September through November. Please check back for details.

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