Faculty Teaching Awards

Each year, the Simon Business School awards several prestigious awards to faculty members who exhibit excellence in the classroom and who inspire our students. The awards from the most recent academic year are:

THE GERALD AND DEANNE GITNER PRIZE FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

This award was established in 2016 by Gerald Gitner ’68S (MBA) and his wife, Deanne, to recognize a junior faculty member for teaching and research excellence, as well as overall impact on the Simon Business School and the University of Rochester. A committee of faculty and students selects the recipient of the Gitner Prize each year, and the award is presented during Commencement ceremonies. Read more about his story here.

SUPERIOR TEACHING AWARD

The Superior Teaching Award is presented to faculty members who have most exemplified scholarship and excellence in teaching. The recipients are enthusiastic and insightful in their classroom presentations, are generous with their time and energy, and demand excellence of themselves and students.

At commencement, Superior Teaching Awards are awarded by each of the following groups: the first-year full-time MBA class, all graduating full-time and part-time MBA students, each full-time MS class, and the graduating Executive MBA Class.

TEACHING HONOR ROLL

Each academic term, Simon Business School faculty earning the highest course and instructor evaluations across all our MS and MBA programs Full-Time and Part-Time MS and MBA, Part-Time Professional MBA, and Executive MBA programs are named to the Graduate Teaching Honor Roll. Simon faculty earning the highest evaluations teaching business courses in the undergraduate program are named to the Undergraduate Teaching Honor Roll.