The International Conference on College Teaching and Learning and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning presented Vess the award during an awards ceremony in Jacksonville, Fla. The ceremony honored 40 teaching faculty from across the United States and around the world for their innovative contributions to teaching and learning in higher education.

“This award is a way for us to recognize the highly creative contributions that are made day in and day out by outstanding teaching faculty in colleges and universities around the world,” said Jeana Davis, coordinator of the conference. “It also provides a venue for them to share those ideas with their colleagues at other institutions—improving higher education teaching and learning opportunities for all of us.”

The International Conference on College Teaching and Learning was established in 1988 to promote the exchange of ideas to improve the teaching and learning process through innovative and effective uses of pedagogy and technology in higher education.

A complete list of this year’s award recipients can be found at the conference Website at www.teachlearn.org.