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NACTA 2025 Teaching Award Recipients

Wednesday, July 2, 2025   (0 Comments)
Posted by: NACTA

NACTA seeks to inspire achievement at the highest levels of excellence. Recognizing and honoring individuals whose efforts represent the very best in the teaching of agriculture, environmental, natural or life sciences at the post-secondary level are central to NACTA. At the same time, NACTA seeks to encourage our honored colleagues to share their methods of achieving excellence. This year, NACTA is proud to have awarded 42 educators with one of the 7 possible Teaching Awards. Below is a complete list of the winners. 

View the 2025 Awards Program Book

NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award Recipients

Sudarshan AdhikariCassandra GoffSaifur Rahman
Caroline BarnettJackson HortonRyan Spurling
Courtney BerghoffLameace HussainMia Sullivan
Rachel BidermanNoah JewellJessica Switzer
Grace CarapezzaJosie Lucretia BryanErin Vines
Jo Ann Chew  

NACTA Educator Awards

Adnan AlrubayeKate FogartySruthi Narayanan
Jessica BensonGuillermo Hernandez RamirezLaura Rice
Megan CantrellCarla JaggerKaren Schwean-Lardner
Carolyn CopenheaverBachir KassasJay Solomonson
David DiehlAnne LaarmanBonnie Stelmach
Will DossJohn LaiHannah Sunderman
Jessie FernandezSihui MaKimberly Tarvis

NACTA Teaching Scholar Award
Jamie Loizzo

Judging and Student Service Award
Dan Hoge

Early Global Engagement Award
Sushil Paudyal

Distinguished Global Engagement Award
Melanie Miller Foster

Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology Award
Georgette Kluiters

Consider nominating someone for one of the NACTA 2026 Awards. Award nominations will open in the fall and are due January 15, 2026. Complete details can be found on the NACTA website under Member Info.

Congratulations to all the award winners this year!



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