{"id":19807,"date":"2025-05-01T12:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=19807"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:02:04","slug":"elizabethtown-college-announces-2024-25-kreider-prize-for-teaching-excellence-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/elizabethtown-college-announces-2024-25-kreider-prize-for-teaching-excellence-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Announces 2024-25 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence Recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024-25 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence recipient is <strong>Dr. Suzanne E. Webster, Professor of English (Ralph W. Schlosser Endowed Chair) and Director of the English Literature Program. <\/strong>The honor is awarded annually to a current Elizabethtown College faculty member to celebrate excellence in teaching and mentoring.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I\u2019d like to thank the students, colleagues, and alumni who nominated me for the Kreider Prize for Excellence in Teaching. I\u2019m honored by this recognition of my dedication to helping others experience the immense intellectual and emotional fulfillment that can be gained from the study of English Literature and other Humanities subjects,&#8221; Webster said. &#8220;It gives me joy to witness how many of our students are both personally and professionally enriched by their engagement with\u00a0these fields &#8211; and I\u2019m always grateful when I can play a role in that expansion of their perspectives, life skills, and horizons.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Professional Development Committee chose Webster from nominations submitted by alumni, current students, faculty, and staff. In addition to receiving a monetary award, she will be invited to deliver the Kreider Prize Lecture this fall. More details to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Professional Development Committee is pleased to select Dr. Suzanne E. Webster for the 2024-25 Kreider Prize,\u201d Associate Provost for Student Learning and Dean of Faculty Jodi Lancaster said. \u201cStudents who nominated Webster noted her provision of extensive feedback on their written work, which built their confidence and improved their writing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nomination letters emphasized Webster&#8217;s ability to foster an engaging, intellectually rigorous classroom environment, where her infectious enthusiasm for literature, deep subject expertise, and dedication to student success inspired confidence, critical thinking, and a lifelong passion for learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Kreider Prize:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through the generosity of Thomas Conner \u201972, professor of history at Hillsdale College, the annual award is made possible and awarded to a current Elizabethtown College faculty member for excellence in teaching and mentoring. The award is named in honor of J. Kenneth Kreider, professor of history emeritus, and Carroll L. Kreider, professor of business emerita, \u201cfor their inspirational service to countless students at Elizabethtown College.\u201d The Kreiders were not only inspirational in the classroom but also were powerful mentors and role models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024-25 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence recipient is Dr. Suzanne E. Webster, Professor of English (Ralph W. Schlosser Endowed Chair) and Director of the English Literature Program. 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