UK Teachers Given Great Teacher Award

{Lexington, Kentucky}…Six University of Kentucky professors have been given the UK Alumni Association 2013 Great Teacher Award. The Great Teacher Award, which began in 1961, is the oldest continuous award that recognizes teaching at UK. The nominations are made by students. The recipients will be honored February 5th at the UK Alumni Association Great Teacher Award Recognition Dinner and will then be honored on center court of Rupp Arena during the South Carolina- Kentucky men's basketball game later that evening.

The recipients are:

Karen Badger, associate professor, College of Social Work.

Roberta Dwyer, professor, College of Agriculture.

Samuel Franklin, assistant professor, College of Medicine.

John Grove, professor, College of Agriculture.

Armando Prats, professor, College of Arts and Sciences.

Gerald Smith, associate professor, College of Arts and Sciences.