Published: June 2, 2015
Kevin McMahon, Frascona Teaching Award

The Center for Education on Social Responsibility’s (CESR) own Kevin McMahon has been awarded the 2015 Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award, announced at the Leeds Recognition Ceremony on May 8, 2015 at the Coors Event Center.

Kevin teaches CESR’s highly-ranked Leadership Challenges: Exercises in Moral Courage course as well as World of Business.

Upon winning the award, Kevin said, “It is really special to win the Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence award because it is driven by the students. The award recognizes the critical role of faculty-student engagement in teaching and developing principled leaders. I’m proud to work with so many great teachers at CESR, Marketing and throughout the Leeds School of Business. The collaboration of this dedicated faculty makes all of us better teachers.”

The Award

The $10,000 award is made possible by the Falkenberg family, in honor of the late Dr. Joseph L. Frascona, Professor Emeritus, who inspired the donor’s intellectual development and created a lifelong impact on his life. The award is intended to recognize teaching that goes beyond “textbook teaching” and strives to inspire students to engage their minds, particularly to see the world around them.

The Frascona Selection Committee received 100 nomination letters for 36 faculty members at the Leeds School of Business. One requirement for the award is that the recipient be a full-time faculty member who expects to be teaching at Leeds during the following academic year.  In addition, a recipient of the award cannot receive it again for three years. 

This isn’t the first time CESR instructors have been recognized. Both this year and last year Owen Borum was a finalist, and Kevin McMahon was a nominee last year. Other CESR faculty members who were nominated this year but not eligible for the award due to their part-time status included Lorna Christoff, Liz Stapp, Don Oest and Katherine Malachuk.

CESR award winners in the past have included Donna Sockell in 2009, CESR board member Cathleen Burns in 2006, and CESR Faculty Affiliate Kai Larsen in 2005.

Meet CESR’s Faculty

Wondering why CESR’s faculty receive nominations and awards year after year? Check out their profiles here.