Information Technology Program Awards
ITP faculty, staff, and students are constantly working to better themselves and those around them. This is what makes ITP as great as it is. Below is a list of recent awards given to ITP faculty, staff, and students for their excellence.
2021
Information Technology Program Director's Award for Faculty
Congratulations to Kendra Walther for being granted the 2021 ITP Director's Award for Faculty. This award recognizes the faculty member who most embodies the ITP mission of “providing technology education for all” through excellent teaching and service to ITP and all its constituents.
Kendra Walther
Senior Lecturer of Information Technology
2021
Information Technology Program Director's Award for Staff
The ITP Director's Award for Staff was awarded to one of ITP's Academic Advisors, Annie Le. Annie has provided critical and extremely successful support during the COVID pandemic, and has streamlined many processes that ultimately contributed to ITPs recent growth.
Annie Le
Assistant Director, Advising & Recruitment
2021
Information Technology Program Associate Director's Award for Service
The ITP Associate Director's Award for Service recognizes the faculty member who exhibits excellence in service to ITP through initiative, timeliness, and thoroughness. This year the award has been given to Mike Lee, who has enthusiastically volunteered to serve on six committees and chaired three of them this year.
Mike Lee
Senior Lecturer of Information Technology
and Industrial and Systems Engineering
2021
Information Technology Program Associate Director's Award for Teaching
The ITP Associate Director's Award for Teaching recognizes the full-time faculty member who exhibits excellence in ITP teaching through innovation, energy, and effectiveness. Rob Parke has been praised for his incredible teaching ability, and his ability to describe complex and complicated concepts to students in a simple and intuitive way.
Robert Parke
Senior Lecturer of Information Technology
and Art and Design
2021
Information Technology Program Associate Director's Award for Part-Time Teaching
The ITP Associate Director's Award for Part-Time Teaching recognizes the part-time faculty member who exhibits excellence in ITP teaching through innovation, energy, and effectiveness. This year it has been given to Kimberly Rubal, who has received a tremendous amount of positive feedback from students and fellow faculty members alike.
Kimberly Rubal
Part-Time Lecturer of Information Technology
2021
Viterbi Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Education
Congratulations to Professor Joseph Greenfield for receiving the Dean's Award for Innovation and Teaching Excellence at the 2021 USC Viterbi Faculty and Staff Award ceremony. His creativity and dedication to ITP and the Cyber Security and Forensics field makes him a perfect fit for this award.
Joseph Greenfield
Associate Professor of Information Technology Practice
2020
Hanna Reisler Mentorship Award
The Hanna Reisler Mentorship Award recognizes individuals at USC who have advanced the careers of women in science and engineering through generous and committed professional mentorship. Trina Gregory was given this award for being a prime example of mentorship at USC, and for her dedicated mentoring of faculty and students, especially women.
Trina Gregory
Associate Professor of Information Technology Practice
2020
Viterbi Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Education
Professor Kendra Walther was presented with the Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Education for her implementation of active learning strategies in the classroom and her facilitation of workshops to train other faculty in these techniques.
Kendra Walther
Senior Lecturer of Information Technology
2020
Viterbi John O'Brian Faculty Service Award
Professor Nitin Kale was awarded with the John O'Brien Faculty Award for Service for his outstanding work in expanding the ITP program, including his creation of ITP's Applied Analytics minor, which became an impressively popular minor at USC, being the top enrolled minor in 2020.
Nitin Kalé
Professor of Information Technology Practice
and Industrial and Systems Engineering Practice
2019
Viterbi Early Career Award
The Early Career Award was awarded to Tim Gotimer, Associate Director of Advising and Recruitment. This award is given to a Viterbi staff member who has been with USC Viterbi between one and three years, and whose performance is well above what is typically expected from someone new to their position.
Tim Gotimer
Associate Director, Advising and Recruitment
2016
Viterbi Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Education
Professor Sanjay Madhav was awarded with the Viterbi Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching and Education for his leadership, talent, and impact in Viterbi School of Engineering.
Sanjay Madhav
Associate Professor of Information Technology Practice
Published on May 13th, 2021
Last updated on November 16th, 2021