The Excellence in General Education Award is a new honor that is sponsored by the Office of Innovation in General Education.

The award recognizes two members of the URI teaching community who exemplify teaching excellence and a strong commitment to creating a stimulating, challenging, and dynamic general education experience for our students. The office received numerous nominations highlighting the outstanding delivery of general education courses during the 2018-2019 academic year.

Simona Trandafir, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
EEC 352G – Economics of Small Scale Renewable Energy Systems

Michael Honhart, Professor, Department of History
HIS 114 – Europe Since 1789 and HIS 327 – German History Since 1914