Utah State University's Best of the Best
What makes college years among the most memorable and influential in the lives of students? Chances are it includes professors who engage and challenge them, who take the extra time to encourage them and help them realize their potential --- teachers who provoke impassioned inquiry and discussion and offer fresh insights and paths to discovery.
Utah State University has a long and proud tradition of teaching excellence, exemplified by this year's Utah Carnegie Professor of the Year Lyle McNeal and the university's previous award recipients. McNeal was selected from more than 300 top professors in the United States. McNeal is the eighth Utah State University educator to receive the prestigious award in the state of Utah in the past thirteen years.
Created by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in 1981, the U.S. Professors of the Year program is the only national award program that recognizes college professors for their teaching. It is administered jointly with the Carnegie Foundation and TIAA-CREF and is supported by the higher education community throughout the United States, including more than 25 higher education associations.