Distinguished Teacher Award in the Discipline Divisions

When the University of North Carolina Board of Governors directed that each of the sixteen campuses establish awards for teaching excellence, UNC Asheville elected to honor its distinguished faculty for excellence in teaching by instituting a three tier system. The first level would be the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, the second level would be the current UNC Asheville Distinguished Teacher Award, and the third level would recognize full-time tenure track faculty in their respective discipline divisions (Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences), full-time non-tenure track faculty, and adjunct (Non-Full-Time) faculty. Since 1995, when the Board of Governors instituted this teaching awards system, five Department of Management & Accountancy faculty, Carolyn Hutchinson, Mary Lynn Manns, Betsy Mayes, Bryan Schaffer, and Robert Yearout, have been so honored by peers, students, and alumni.