Newest Grisham Master Teachers honored at MSU
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥旂哿κ悠 is recognizing three distinguished faculty members with the university鈥檚 highest academic teaching award.
Mike Breazeale, Deb Mlsna and Jacob Tschume are this year鈥檚 John Grisham Master Teacher Award recipients, honored during a Thursday [May 5] campus program.
鈥淵ou exemplify the very best of what it means to be a scholar, a teacher and a mentor,鈥 said MSU President Mark E. Keenum in remarks to the honorees. 鈥淪tudents want to be here because of the excellent teaching and research opportunities you and your colleagues provide.鈥
First presented in 1993, the Grisham Master Teacher honor is a tribute to classroom and instruction excellence and is named for the MSU accounting alumnus and internationally recognized best-selling author who provided funds to endow the award.
MSU Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw also congratulated the recipients.
鈥淭hese faculty members represent the epitome of what this institution is about in terms of caring about their students and ensuring they are extremely well-prepared for life and for a career,鈥 Shaw said.
Breazeale is an associate professor in the College of Business鈥檚 Department of Marketing, Quantitative Analysis and Business Law.
Mlsna is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Tschume is an instructor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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