{"id":718,"date":"2020-10-05T15:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/?p=718"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:43:56","slug":"provosts-award-for-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/2020\/10\/05\/provosts-award-for-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost’s Award for Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Antonia Giannakakos receives Provost\u2019s Award for Teaching 2025<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Congratulations to Dr. Antonia Giannakakos, Professor, Educational Psychology<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The start of a new academic year at\u00a0Western Connecticut State University<\/a>\u00a0brings with it a number of ceremonies and celebrations. Among them are the Entering the Gates Ceremony, which welcomes new students to campus, and the Opening Faculty Meeting, at which the university president lays out the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Also at the Opening Meeting is the announcement of the annual Provost\u2019s Award for Teaching. This year, Provost Dr. Stephen Hegedus bestowed that honor upon Professor of Educational Psychology
\nDr. Antonia Giannakakos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that teaching is always a process of reflection, growth, and improvement \u2026 and I recognize that my own growth and improvement have been shaped by the incredible people I work alongside,\u201d Giannakakos said when receiving her award. \u201cMy Ph.D. advisor, Jason Vladescu, is the reason I became a professor. He gave me opportunities to teach some of his classes while he observed and recommended me for adjunct opportunities. My colleagues Stephanie Kuhn and Adam Brewer regularly provide me with examples of how I can be a better professor. They are incredibly collaborative, and they are always willing to brainstorm and work together to improve our program. Finally, I would like to thank the Provost for giving me this award. It is an honor to be counted among the colleagues who have received it before me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full press release here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Provost’s Award for Teaching – Previous Winners<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Dr. Adam Brewer Wins 2024 Provost’s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nMr. Thomas Miller Wins 2023 Provost’s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nDr. Matthew Doiron Wins 2022 Provost’s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nDr. Kristin Giamanco Wins 2021 Provost’s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nDr. Stephanie Kuhn Wins 2020 Provost’s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nMs. Sabrina Marques Wins 2019 Provost\u2019s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nDr. Edwin Wong Wins 2018 Provost\u2019s Award for Teaching<\/a>
\nDr. Don Gagnon Wins First Provost\u2019s Award for Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Antonia Giannakakos receives Provost\u2019s Award for Teaching 2025   Congratulations to Dr. Antonia Giannakakos, Professor, Educational Psychology. The start of a new academic year at\u00a0Western Connecticut State University\u00a0brings with it a number of ceremonies and celebrations. Among them are …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}