Whitney R. Powers Award for Teaching Excellence

About the Award

The Sargent College Faculty Council invites students, alumni, and faculty to nominate current full-time or part-time Sargent faculty for consideration for the Whitney R. Powers Award for Teaching Excellence.

This award recognizes an outstanding teacher from the Sargent faculty and is named in honor of Whitney R. Powers, professor emeritus of BU Sargent College, who for more than 25 years shared his gifts as an outstanding teacher.

To nominate a faculty member, please fill out and submit the electronic form below, describing how this nominee embodies teaching excellence. 

Recent Recipients

Several outstanding faculty have been recognized in recent years and are not currently eligible for this award:

  • Lisa Roberts (2024)
  • Alyssa Boucher (2023)
  • Kaytlin Eldred (2022)
  • Bria Dunham and Diane Heislein (2021)
  • Anne Escher (2020)
  • Joan Salge Blake (2019)

Nomination Form

Nominations accepted through April 1st.