Dr. Matt O’Keefe, interim assistant vice chancellor of global learning at Missouri University of Science and Technology, presented outstanding teaching awards to Missouri S&T faculty members engaged in distance education during a campus ceremony on May 6.

Global Learning 2015 Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award recipients are:

• Dr. Neil Anderson, professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering
• Dr. Victor Birman, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Missouri S&T Engineering Education Center
• Andrew Blair, a former lecturer in mining and nuclear engineering
• Dr. Deandra Cassone, adjunct associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Dr. Lokesh Dharani, Curators’ Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Lili Eng, associate professor of business and information technology
• Dr. David Rogers, the Karl F. Hasselmann Missouri Chair in Geological Engineering and associate professor in geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering
• Dr. Vincent Yu, associate professor of business and information technology.

Global Learning 2015 Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award recipients are:

• Dr. Mao Chen Ge, associate professor of mining engineering
• Dr. Roger LaBoube, Curators’ Teaching Professor emeritus and current adjunct professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Fiona Nah, professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Lesley Sneed, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering.