2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
The Range Science Education Council (RSEC) and the Society for Range Management (SRM) proudly present the 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award to Dr. Wendy Gardner of Thompson Rivers University. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, advising, and mentoring over an extended period, often a career.
Dr. Gardner has been actively engaged in teaching, advising, and mentoring undergraduate students for over 20 years. Throughout her career, she has developed and taught a wide variety of courses including Grassland Ecology, Range Management, Fire Ecology and Management, Ecosystem Reclamation, The Science and Management of Natural Resources, Food Systems, and Tropical Field Studies. Students and colleagues consistently highlight Dr. Gardner’s enthusiasm and ongoing commitment to self-imposed high standards of excellent teaching. A recent former student of Dr. Gardner wrote that the “effort and thought that Dr. Gardner puts into reviewing and improving her course content annually is admirable.” The fact that a student made this comment provides evidence of Dr. Gardner’s genuine ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. She is clearly confident in her abilities and maintains a growth mindset as she guides her students through their learning adventure.
Students and colleagues clearly hold Dr. Gardner in high esteem as evidenced by their comments:
“Dr. Gardner is an outstanding undergraduate teacher. She cares deeply about her students and their successes, her passion for teaching is evident in everything she does and she is dedicated to continually improving her courses.” Student
“Dr. Gardner leaves a lasting positive impact on all undergraduate students who take her courses.” Student
“I can unequivocally state that Wendy is, and always has been, an integral member of our group. I have known and worked with her for close to 23 years and have seen first-hand the immense contribution she has made to our students…” Colleague
“The success of our graduates is a direct result of her untiring and unselfish passion for her students and their education.” Colleague
“It is because of Wendy that British Columbia has a post-secondary education program that educates and graduates high quality individuals who go on and pursue careers in the range management field.” Colleague
“In the 50+ years that I have been involved with rangeland education, I would rank her in the top five of all the teachers I have known and with whom I have worked.” Colleague
For her exemplary dedication to achieving excellence in teaching, advising, and mentoring, the Range Science Education Council and the Society for Range Management are delighted to present Dr. Wendy Gardner with the 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.
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