Each year, the CSU System Board of Governors presents one Outstanding Graduate and one Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award to two faculty from each of the three campuses. It awards a $2,500 stipend to each. Program Directors and Faculty Mentors use the following criteria to nominate candidates. This process takes place each May and the Outstanding Undergraduate Awards are presented at the June BOG Meeting.
Dr. Henry Marshal’s professional career has been in human resources, healthcare administration, higher education administration, and teaching in higher education. His career has been in hospitals, insurance companies, long-term care facilities, and universities. Several positions I held were in human resources and as a project manager. Also, I have been teaching full-time and part-time in a university setting for over 20 years.
Dr. Marshall received his Ph.D. at The University of Toledo (UT), a Master of Arts degree in Human Resource Development at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, and my Bachelor’s degree is in the College of Business at UT, with a major in Human Resources.
On a personal note, Dr. Marshall has been married for over 26 years to my wonderful wife and has a 23-year-old daughter who recently got married this year. They have two adorable cats; he is a huge “DENVER BRONCOS” fan.
Dr. Anita Goerig’s part-time teaching career began in 2011. She has been a part-time faculty with Colorado State University- Global since 2021. Instructing students in the undergraduate marketing program, she progressed to leading students in graduate-level marketing courses.
Goerig’s work also extends graduate-level course development, including Consumer Insights and Analysis, MKG522, Applied Marketing Analytics, MKG521, and Data-Driven Decisions, MBA550, in progress.
Anita’s practitioner experience in marketing spans nearly three decades. She was the Director of Marketing for almost two decades for a diverse construction company. She has won numerous awards for her marketing programs, digital and social media campaigns, and design projects. She spearheaded a luxury lifestyle magazine in 2014, Stylish Spaces with Masonry, now a five-time award-winning publication.
She earned her MBA at the University of New Haven in 2007 and a Doctorate of Business specializing in Marketing, conferred in 2019; her work is published on ProQuest.
Dr. Sara Thompson (Dr. T as she is known by her MERP students) is the lead faculty associate and part-time faculty in the M.S. Military and Emergency Responder Psychology program at CSU-Global. Sara has been working in higher education since 2013, serving as a faculty member in undergraduate and graduate psychology, human services, and counseling programs, and she has been with CSU-G and the MERP program since November 2021, her “happy place.” Sara was an active-duty military spouse for over two decades, living worldwide, and she brings real-life experiences, value-added resources, and thought-provoking questions/topics into the courses she teaches.
Sara has been a part-time faculty member since 2021 and provides program and special interest topics every Wednesday with her MERP students. She also presented a university-wide self-care and burnout workshop and is highly accessible to CSU Global students via phone, video conferencing, and email, including on weekends.
As a part-time graduate faculty member, Dr. Jackson guides students in their increased search for greater success. This success comes in the form of academic achievements, which help bolster their professional positions.
He received an associate's in applied science from National American University and a bachelor’s in applied science from National American University – both in applied management. A master’s in education, educational administration, and organizational leadership from Grand Canyon University. And a doctorate in education in organizational leadership from Northcentral University.
Dr. Jackson started at CSU Global in 2018. He is committed to making a strong commitment to my students by always letting them know that he is there for them because he was one of them. He frequently connects with students through email, phone, and ZOOM conversations.
As a former high school dropout and a 100% disabled veteran, my life goal is to give back to the community that gave so much to me. I do this through teaching. I strongly support our military-affiliated students.
Dr. Gloria Wilson has served as part-time faculty and subject-matter expert with Colorado State University’s Global Campus since 2011 and teaches in both the graduate and undergraduate Healthcare Management and Administration programs. Over the course of her diverse career, she has also served as a health administration instructor with the University of Arizona Global Campus, the University of Phoenix - Houston, and Regis College. Dr. Wilson has held various formal leadership positions with Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Beckman Coulter over her diverse 35-year healthcare career and is currently a self-employed health insurance consultant.
Dr. Wilson received a Bachelor of Science Degree and Master of Science Degree in business education from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, Illinois. She was awarded a doctorate degree in public health from Walden University. She has received numerous awards for her teaching performance, commitment to community health, and volunteerism in public health activities. Dr. Wilson enjoys reading, music, dancing, and quality family time when not working, especially with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loves spending winter holidays in Breckenridge, Colorado!
Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award: Dr. Cindy Atchley
Dr. Cindy Atchley thoroughly enjoys the program, the students, and the administration. She is a person who likes consistency and believes that online students need consistency in the way courses are developed and navigated; and CSU courses have that. She believes that being an online student in her Ph.D. program made her a better online teacher, knowing how bad some of her online professors were, especially not getting back to students with questions in a timely manner – or showing up at all. Cindy regularly receives outstanding scores on student evaluations, she is quick to respond to students and supports a course room that is inclusive. Cindy regularly accepts additional courses and has consistently provided feedback and information about improvement to courses.
Cindy joined CSU Global in 2009 in the Business Management Program
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award: Dr. Priscilla Harrison
Our most outstanding faculty, in particular those who develop program curriculum and course content, are those who communicate enjoyment in both teaching and learning and who additionally prepare students for a world in which everything is achievable, and everyone has potential. There is not a faculty member that I know who demonstrates these distinctive qualities more than Dr. Priscilla Harrison of our Project Management and Operations Management Program. Dr. Harrison has a wonderful ability to inspire students with her energetic and vibrant course development content approach, where students are continuously engaged. By utilizing a scholar-practitioner model, students achieve advanced professional project and operations management practices, as they develop the technical, leadership, critical-thinking and analysis skills that are required to excel.
Priscilla joined CSU Global in 2015 in the Project Management and Operations Management Program
Faculty Peer Collaboration Award: Dr. Keith Pressey
Dr. Keith Pressey regularly provides tutorials, recommendations, and suggestions for the courses he teaches, the larger faculty base, and the university. Keith is fully engaged in meetings and has presented on a regular basis to assist colleagues and programs with beneficial information related to andragogy, practical teaching strategies, or maneuvering through a new process in Canvas. Many of his suggestions have been adopted through Faculty Newsletters, the Writing Center, and in the weekly faculty announcements.
Keith joined CSU Global in 2015 in the Organizational Leadership Program
Faculty Content Development Award: Dr. Tracy Smith
Dr. Tracy Smith teaches in the MHA, BSHAM and BSHSM programs. Tracy has industry experience is a variety of settings and positions. She has many years of program management, board of director experience, billing operations and financial coordination experience. Her current position with the St. Croix Hospice, offers yet another component to her experience that she brings to content and course development. Tracy’s affiliations with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), and the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) add to her knowledge of the academic and healthcare industries. Tracy has developed many HCM courses over the years. During course development she communicates effectively and promptly, always meeting completion deadlines. She uses her industry experience and knowledge to provide relevant content, focused interactives, media and innovative measures that support CSU Global student success.
Tracy joined CSU Global in 2013 in the Healthcare Management Program
Commitment to Mission Award: Dr. Dena Weiss
Dr. Dena Weiss is always taking that extra step to fulfill our mission. Even when she only has one class or multiple classes with low enrollment, she is always committed to providing top tier facilitation for the students, but also takes the time to go the extra step and jump in to assist with broken links, attends non-mandatory meetings, participates in internal CJ meetings, and makes herself directly available to other faculty and students as needed. She is the epitome of a faculty member who upholds and takes pride in being a CSU Global employee!
Dena joined CSU Global in 2015 and teaches in the Criminal Justice Program
“Dr. Jennifer Davis facilitates undergraduate HCM courses with CSUG since March of 2017, teaching the healthcare quality, supervision, systems, and healthcare information courses. Dr. Davis brings years of education (3 masters), experience (20+ yr), publications (8), presentations (28), teaching (20+ yr) and knowledge (PharmD) into her courses and receives positive feedback from her students. Examples from student end of course surveys included "she is available and explains concepts that make them relatable", "supports my learning of course material, in an engaging manner", "Dr. Davis is fair and tries to get the class involved in discussions" and "appreciate her effort and support through her attention to detail". As a licensed Pharmacist, Dr. Davis brings both a clinical and administrative background that supports her students' learning and success.
Jennifer joined CSU Global in 2017 in the Healthcare Administration and Management Program
Dr. Eric Williams teaches in the graduate HCM program since November of 2017. He brings years of healthcare management knowledge, industry practice and teaching experience into his course room. He primarily teaches the Population Health specialization, operations management, and organizational behavior courses. Examples of students’ end of course feedback for Dr. Williams includes “very prompt to respond and added content which helped engage participation”, “excellent instructor, very approachable and helpful”, very engaged in weekly postings and provided meaningful feedback”, “asks questions that stimulate your thinking”, “he was available and very professional in his comments and input” and “Dr. Williams was very interactive and supportive”. Another student stated, “is one of the most interactive professors . . .has made this experience really challenging but enjoyable”.
Eric joined CSU Global in 2018 in the Healthcare Administration and Management Program
Dr. Foroozan is one of the best graduate Mathematics faculty that we have at CSU Global. He provides excellent instruction for our students and he has redesigned half of the graduate math courses. He is an asset and a true friend to our students.
Farshad joined CSU Global in 2016 in the General Education Program
Dr. Amin has long been a vital and important collaborator in the Project Management program. His efforts over the last year as reviewer were outstanding. His work was thorough and reinforced what was appropriate as well as constructively critical of areas of opportunities. In addition, Dr. Amin consistently collaborates to increase program effectiveness, manages program meetings, and shares excellent resources and information with all program faculty. Dr. Amin is a true professional.
Amin joined CSU Global in 2016 in the Project Management Program
Vanessa Claus is a familiar face in the world of course development at CSU Global. In addition to spending time as an Instructional Designer on the Curriculum Team, she has also lent us her talents as a content expert, faculty reviewer, and senior faculty advisor on multiple course revision projects over the years. Vanessa is passionate about learning, and about reaching students with varied learning styles, as well as teachers with varied instructional styles. She commits considerable time and talent to all the projects on which she participates, and her energy and enthusiasm for high quality content and meaningful learning experiences is unparalleled.
Vanessa joined CSU Global in 2016 in the Human Resource Management Program
Dr. Shaw has been with CSU Global since its foundation. Her impact is built into the DNA of our organization. She is a fantastic faculty, an amazing mentor, and our best content expert. She has designed numerous programs and is consistently involved in campus initiatives. Her role as chair of Faculty Affairs is essential for keeping administration, faculty and staff connected in purpose.
Melanie joined CSU Global in 2009 and teaches in the Teaching and Learning Program
“Mary has been with the university since 2015 and continues to receive top performance scores, with excellent student feedback. Mary is also a PT lead for the HCM programs, participating in all meetings and extra tasks as assigned (newsletter). She is an expert in her field of healthcare informatics and guides the program in future technology. She researched and created the graduate Healthcare Informatics specialization proposal to provide a superior student experience in this trending area of HCI.
Mary joined CSU Global in 2015 in the Healthcare Management Program
Jason is always looking for innovative ways to help students and improve courses. He is an excellent team player and always go the extra mile.
James joined CSU Global in 2018 in the Human Resource Management Program
Leslie Cooper-Blood accepted the role of Full-Time Lead Faculty for the Bachelor of Science Business Management Program two years ago, and quickly mastered her role. She now exceeds the requirements of her role through outstanding collaboration, helping students and her peers academically and professionally meet their designated goals. She oversees over 15 courses and mentors 2 part-time lead faculty providing course development guidance. Her passion and commitment to our Xi-Rho Chapter Delta Mu Delta honor students is noteworthy. She is an XI-Rho Chapter Delta Mu Delta Administrator of the CSU Global Connect website where she regularly updates the website with articles, and events. Encourages discussions among both alumni and active students and conducts regular monthly student outreach programs where she selects guest speakers across the university providing opportunities for them to meet their professional development requirements. Leslie identifies monthly themes and sends out the monthly meeting invitations to over 300 Delta Mu Delta active and alumni members, demonstrating that CSU Global is committed to our ongoing connection with our students after they leave. Leslie Cooper-Blood demonstrates stellar leadership as she collaborates with her peers to ensure other honor society websites are updated with current information as well. She mentors her assigned adjunct faculty and she works to ensure quality courses through outstanding collaboration. She orchestrates vendor meeting sessions where she invites her peers to inform them of new and innovative offerings germane to their disciplines.
Leslie joined CSU Global in 2013 in the Business Management Program
Ronald (Ron) Premuroso's approach to everything he does at CSU Global including being a faculty, lead faculty, content expert, and faculty reviewer is student focused. He primarily teaches in the Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) program. He points out issues he finds in courses and provides resolution. He consistently exceeds faculty expectations and gets perfect scores in mentor reviews. He regularly receives positive feedback from students. Ron shared his best practices for classroom approach with other accounting faculty members during a recent quarterly faculty meeting. As a lead faculty member, Ron consistently provides great input for program, assessments, courses, and other aspects of curriculum. His insight is valuable for the MPAcc program. Ron is a superb content expert. The several courses he has revised so far at CSU Global are of the right rigor, quality, and content for graduate-level courses. He always meets or exceeds deadlines, takes critiques very well, improves in each course he develops. Additionally, he adds innovative and real-world/industry tools to courses he develops so students can have hands-on experience of the tools they will use in the profession. His courses are engaging. He even included videos to address complex content and referred students to areas in which they should focus. Because Ron has designed excellent courses, the PC has used his CDDs as model for content experts and continues to have him as CE in addition to teaching. He volunteered as faculty reviewers and in pilot programs for MPAcc courses. He went above and beyond expectations in his reviews and provided substantial feedback on pilots which helped the courses and programs.
Ronald joined CSU Global in 2016 in the Master’s in Professional Accounting Program
Laura went above and beyond this past academic year with re-developing undergraduate and graduate math courses on a very short timeline and took over 3 full classes of DPS students when the instructor from DPS was not meeting expectations.
Laura joined CSU Global in 2018 in the General Education Specialization Program
“Barbara is the one to turn to when excellence is sought. Above average is what comes to mind when I think of Barbara. Regardless of her task, she completes it with accuracy and detail. Her instruction and student learning focus are admirable and a student under her tutelage can be assured of walking to the next course armed with more knowledge and writing skill than when they entered her course 8 weeks prior. She is rare in her work ethic and always ready and willing to take on another project. Barbara is a consistent 'rock' on our team. If we want it completed with detail and excellence, Barbara is the person.”
Barbara started at Global in June 2012 and is faculty in the Organizational Leadership program.
“Stone is a dedicated teacher and advisor to her graduate English students. She goes above what is expected of her in teaching the courses as she also advises them on outside projects to better their scholarly endeavors. This includes helping them with preparing to present at national and international conferences. Before graduation, she meets with any students who are local or are coming to the graduation to make them feel closer to the CSU-Global family. I witnessed this last year when I went with her to meet a group of six students for dinner the night before graduation. The bonding that had occurred in the cohort was beyond what I have seen in any online courses. Stone has been involved in reviewing courses as well as helping the CE of the graduate courses define what is needed for future revisions. Overall, I highly recommend Stone for the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award.”
Stone started at Global in December 2011 and is faculty in the General Education Specialization Program and leads the graduate English cohort.
Nominated 9 times!
“There is not a faculty member that I know who exhibits this particular characteristic and quality more than Dr. Vicki Figiel of our Project Management and Operations Management Program. Dr. Figiel provides constructive feedback and shares her insight with any team she is part of in the best way possible. Course development projects are some of the example cases in which she demonstrates her outstanding abilities and skills in effective collaboration with the team members to ensure the courses are developed in accordance with the university standards and in collaboration with the course development team members to ensure the courses are the courses are instructionally sound, consistent, and accurate and they cover the skills and knowledge areas our students need to succeed.”
Victoria started at Global in February 2010 and is faculty and Lead in the Project Management program. Victoria has been as faculty peer mentor as well.
“Greg was instrumental in supporting the criminal justice mission throughout our very aggressive revision process in 2018. As part of our 2.0 strategy in criminal justice, we developed goals to increase engagement and relevance in all of our courses to create an incredibly dynamic and exciting course room for students. Greg was involved at every level in supporting this curriculum re-design and development process, from acting as Content Expert, to Faculty Reviewer, or simply answering questions and helping to guide others that were revising courses. Greg kept a clear vision on the 2.0 goals and inserted as many interactive tools as possible in each course in our program. He even spearheaded our most notable accomplishment which was the insertion of the Muzzy lane gamification platform in CRJ300, which allows students to interact in an extremely exciting role play in a criminal justice scenario. For these reasons, Greg is incredibly deserving of the faculty Content Development Award for 2019.”
Greg started at Global in November 2013 and is a faculty member and Lead in the Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement program. Greg has also been a faculty peer mentor.
“Truly stellar performance in all aspects of the classroom. Consistently excels in all class performance parameters: weekly updates, class presence, class facilitation, and discussions/CT grading. Jimmie receives the highest student review scores as well. He is valued and appreciated by his students and his peers.”
Jimmie started at Global in May 2013 and is faculty in the International Management and Project Management programs. He was also the keynote speaker at our commencement in 2015.
“Harriet is an outstanding member of our undergraduate teaching ranks. She consistently performs well above average as demonstrated by her high peer mentor evaluations and by her student evaluation. She finds new ways to engage with her students and other faculty on a regular basis and really sets the standard for teaching and engaging undergraduate students at CSU-Global.” Harriet started at Global in March 2015 and has been a faculty peer mentor since 2017.
“Bradly scores 75s consistently on faculty evaluations, partly because he takes every opportunity to interact and engage with his students. He makes solid connections and first impressions by writing substantive responses to student Introductions; his replies reach the 100-word mark. He leaves very specific, individualized embedded feedback when grading student papers, and often refers students to the Writing Center or otherwise encourages them to seek additional help. He replies to comments quickly in the Updates section. He sometimes replies within the hour (!) to comments like, “Thanks for your guidance Dr. Roh! I had an awesome experience with the first week.” Dr. Roh is greatly concerned with student success. He often includes links to external resources to students. In his overall feedback to one student’s assignment, he included no less than three artifacts covering APA compliance and other academic writing tips. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Roh oversees five primary courses. He helps ensure content is current and courses function properly. He gathers feedback from faculty, troubleshoots course issues, and liaisons between administration and faculty to ensure prompt revisions are made.”Bradly started at Global in July 2013 and is a Lead faculty in ORG Leadership Program.
"John has been a faculty mentor since inception of the peer mentoring in 2016. He has consistently exhibited professionalism, collegiality, and support for his peers in all of his interactions. In addition to his skills with faculty, his student evaluations are of the highest quality. John's commitment to CSU-Global and all of our faculty is outstanding. From Greg Grossman: John is great. Above and beyond. John really is insightful and committed to the mission, makes all the meetings and provides thoughtful input for the OL programs, mentors, committee's etc. John has navigated a few tenuous faculty/student situations and was able to get things back on track and improve faculty performance. He is a collaborator and team player of the highest level”. John started at Global in February 2013 and has been a faculty peer mentor since 2016.
"Sheila caught my attention when a course was released, live, with many errors and broken pieces (this was before the QA process). She provided a list of fixes before students were enrolled and we were able to avoid many problematic issues. Since then, she has revised many courses with precision and as integrated gaming into a new course in a way I never imagined. She is clear in her writing, careful with scaffolding the learning in a course, and has the most amazing eye for detail that I have yet to see.” Sheila started at Global in May 2013 and is a Lead in ORG Leadership Program.
“Lisa has truly gone above and beyond with her programs this year. She led the creation of our new MSDA program ensuring relevant industry tools were incorporated along with the most up to date curriculum and content. She created custom videos supporting both student success and the relationship between the student and CSU-G. She also worked to create a mini-course to attract students to the new program. During development, she noticed areas of improvement between the MSDA and the BS level courses. She immediately stepped in and addressed this need to ensure the highest level of quality, rigor, and alignment in our programs.” Lisa started at Global in March 2017 and became the Program Chair of MIS in July 2017.
Dr. Paul Katsampes excels in his ability to connect with and teach his graduate students. He regularly exceeds our minimum teaching expectations, has very high scores from his mentor, and receives high ratings by his students. He provides both scholarly and professional contributions in courses that encourages critical thinking and challenges students to further inquiry. His commitment to teaching CSU-Global students is unparalleled and his teaching effectiveness is proven through his use of additional material and examples; videos, and relevant feedback..
Dr. Barry Smith has a commitment to a student-centered approach that shows respect and concern for students (i.e. student feedback, mentor comments, other feedback). His engagement in teaching and student learning is intellectually rigorous, creative, and fosters independent and critical thinking. He regularly engages in developing or enhancing curricula in the program and has demonstrated a consistent and passionate commitment to our students.
"Dr. Michael Skiba is awarded the extraordinary content development award. He has served as the lead faculty and program coordinator for criminal justice and always meets or beats all curriculum related deadlines. He practices new approaches to curriculum development and approaches course design with an open and innovative mindset. He is a true academic and professional in his field. He has worked seamlessly as a member of the course development team. His contributions have improved the course feedback on our criminal justice courses and his most recent efforts in CJ300.
Dr. Michael Ricco is one of the most passionate and dedicated members of the CSU-Global team. He is always looking for new ways to reach students, bring new ideas to the table, and advocate for effective methods to teach students. He is highly engaged with the university and truly demonstrated a commitment to students, faculty, and the mission of the university.
Dr. Bonnie Adams is awarded the Peer Collaboration and Development Award for her outstanding contributions to the professional development of program faculty peers and colleagues alike. She engaged and communicated with peer faculty in a caring, developmental, and professional manner and is therefore recognized.
