Widely recognized by colleagues and students for his expertise in anatomy and physiology as well as his creative approach to teaching, Jake Dechant was honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. Chancellor Nordenberg complimented Dr. Dechant saying “as is evident from your excellent student evaluations, you have that rare ability to engage each student in a class and to adapt your teaching style to optimize student learning in the classroom.”
Dechant also won the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award in light of his creative approach to teaching a core set of subjects: anatomy and physiology.
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Previous winners of the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award
| 2018 | Heeyoung Lee & Donna Nativio |
| 2017 | Janice Dorman & Becky Faett |
| 2016 | Annette DeVito Dabbs & Brenda Cassidy |
| 2015 | Susan Cohen & Dianxu Ren |
| 2014 | Linda Dudjak & Jennifer Hagerty |
| 2013 | Eileen Chasens & Irene Kane |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Schlenk & Lucille Sowko |
| 2011 | Sheila Alexander, Alice Blazeck & Gail Wolf |
| 2010 | Marie Fioravanti & Margaret Rosenzweig |
| 2009 | Heidi Donovan & Patricia Tuite |
| 2008 | Judith Erlen, Kathy Magdic & Valerie Swigart |
| 2007 | Sandra Engberg & Mary Beth Happ |
| 2006 | Yvette Conley & Marilyn Hravnak |
| 2005 | Lisa Marie Bernardo |
| 2004 | Jake Dechant & Rose Hoffman |
| 2003 | Mary Cothran & Bettina Dixon |
| 2002 | Susan Sereika |
| 2001 | Judy Kaufmann & Nancy Grove |
| 2000 | Denise Charron-Prochownik & Laura Palmer |
| 1999 | Suzanne Ketchum |
| 1998 | Richard Henker |
| 1997 | John O‘Donnell |
| 1996 | Mary Kerr |
| 1995 | Joyce White |
| 1994 | Jacqueline Lamb |
| 1993 | Catherine Bender |
| 1992 | Susan Albrecht & Linda Robertson |
| 1991 | Nancy Obus Siderits & Barbara Spier |
| 1990 | Ramona Nelson |