Recognition and Events

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• Outstanding Dual Enrollment Instructor Award (ODEIA)

Outstanding Dual Enrollment Instructor Award

The fruits of our UNO Dual Enrollment instructors labor shouldn't go unseen. Recognize your peers, or yourself, for the hard work, diligence, and intellectually stimulating work that happens in the Dual Credit classroom. Nominations can be made by anyone with a professional relationship to the nominee (e.g. another instructor, high school administrator, UNO Faculty, departmental coordinator, etc).

Nominations made by a student must be submitted with the written/email support of the school's Dual Enrollment Coordinator.

Eligibility Guidelines

• Have taught at least one UNO Dual Enrollment course during the academic year in which the award is given
• A total of 1 full-year of teaching UNO Dual Enrollment courses
• Previous nominees who did not receive the award may be nominated again
• Previous winners may be re-nominated after 5 years with additional noted achievements

Criteria

• Teaching Excellence (e.g. alignment of courses, innovative techniques, etc)
• Student Impact (e.g. go above and beyond in service to UNO's Dual Enrollment students, evidence of exceptional student engagements or achievements, etc)

Nomination Details

The nomination form submission window for the 2023-2024 academic year will close May 24, 2024 at 5 P.M. The nomination form has shifted from PDF to Qualtrics submission based on feedback gathered by previous contributors. Please direct any questions to unodualenroll@unomaha.edu

Submit ODEIA Nomination

Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients

2021 ODEIA Award
Kelly Malone, Assistant Director of UNO General Education and Dual Enrollment, from left, presents the Outstanding Dual Enrollment Instructor Award to Papillion La Vista Physics Instructor Nick Reding (center), With Kelly and Nick is Papillion La Vista High School Principal, Jerry Kalina. (right)

2020 ODEIA Award
Kelly Malone, Assistant Director of UNO General Education and Dual Enrollment, from right, presents the Outstanding Dual Enrollment Instructor Award to Papillion La Vista South Education Instructor Karlie Hermsen (center), With Kelly and Karlie is Papillion La Vista South High School Principal, Jeff Spilker. (left)

2019 ODEIA Award
Matt Tracy, Director of UNO General Education and Dual Enrollment, from left, presents the Outstanding Dual Enrollment Instructor Award to Ralston foreign languages teacher Jamie Honke, which was accepted by Ralston Assistant Principal Joe Kilzer and Superintendent Mark Adler during the General Education and Dual Enrollment Year-End Luncheon in the Thompson Alumni Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, Monday, June 3, 2019.