Western Illinois University Department of Geography

Posted October 11, 2005

Dr. Christopher Sutton. Dr. Christopher Sutton, Associate Professor and Department Chair, was one of six recipients of the 2005-2006 Provost's Award for Academic Excellence. Dr. Sutton received the Excellence in Teaching With Technology Award at a reception at a ceremony on October 10.

Dr. Sutton was one of the first faculty members in the Department of Geography to extensively incorporate emerging technologies into all of the courses he teaches. He is noteworthy not only for bringing such technologies into both classroom and laboratory environments, but also his development of synchronous and asynchronous applications of internet technology to supplement his courses. Dr. Sutton has become not only one of the leading internet practitioners of the effective application of emerging technologies in the classroom, but also one of the key campus resources for pedagogical applications of web technologies.

2005-2006 recepients of Provost's Awards for Academic Excellence:

Excellence in Teaching: Dr. James Caldwell, Department of Music.
Excellence in Teaching with Technology: Dr. Christopher Sutton, Department of Geography.
Excellence in Scholarly/Creative/Performative/Professional Activities: Dr. Don T. Johnson, Department of Marketing and Finance.
Excellence in University/Community Service: Dr. Carolyn Tripp, Department of Marketing and Finance.
Excellence in Internationalizing the Campus: Dr. John Carlson, Department of Agriculture.
Excellence in Multicultural Teaching: Dr. Polly Radosh, Department of Women's Studies.