{"id":9528,"date":"2016-11-03T10:38:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T14:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=9528"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T16:10:52","slug":"kroepsch-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/kroepsch-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each year, the Dean of the Faculty&#8217;s office asks current students and recent alumni to help recognize excellent teachers among us. Teaching fabulous Bates students is, of course, its own reward \u2014 but public recognition for one\u2019s efforts and an award of $5,000 is also pretty great.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-highlight highlight-box is-style-blue\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Established by the late Robert H. Kroepsch, \u201933, LL.D. \u201971, the Ruth M. and Robert H. Kroepsch Endowed Fund honors a member of the Bates faculty for outstanding performance as a teacher including a <strong>$5,000 <\/strong>award. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"#nominate\">We need your nominations<\/a>! Did a professor you remember fondly<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ignite your interest in the coursework and make you want to learn more?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">make you think about the world \u2013 and yourself \u2013 in new ways?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hold you to a high standard?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">make going to class or doing your thesis a pleasure?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"nominate\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" id=\"recent-kroepsch-award-winners-include\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"48e0a818-2bb6-4077-ae2a-2615f2748ad7\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Recent Kroepsch Award winners include:<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"48e0a818-2bb6-4077-ae2a-2615f2748ad7\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jess Anthony and Jon Cavallero (2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarisa P\u00e9rez-Armend\u00e1riz (2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mara Tieken (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katharine Ott (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sue Houchins (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles Nero (2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jennifer Koviach-C\u00f4t\u00e9 (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joshua Rubin (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephanie Kelley-Romano (2019) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephen Engel (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/kroepsch-award\/\">Please find a comprehensive list of past recipients<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<script>\nvar 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