Teaching is an important aspect of the university's academic activities. This year, the university would like to recognize our academic faculty members for their outstanding efforts in high-level teaching and conducting of study courses, both frontally and online, despite the major challenges they faced due to the coronavirus outbreak. The outstanding lecturers for the 2019/2020 academic year are:
Roth Prize for Excellence in Teaching
This prize, established by Mr. Lenny Roth in honor of his father Prof. Charles Roth, enables students to honor a lecturer who impacted their studies and academic lives. This year, the prize was granted to a lecturer who received an exceptionally high evaluation score in the teaching quality survey and was thus chosen as an unusually inspiring lecturer. This year's recipient is:
Dr. Zahit Simon-Tuval, Department of Health Systems Management
Glatt Prize for Excellence in Teaching
This prize was established by Herman Glatt, Attn., in memory of his parents Luba and David Glatt, lovers of Israel who were actively involved in the Zionist movement in the United States. The prize is granted to outstanding lecturers who received the highest teaching score in each faculty. The lecturers were chosen based on their score in the teaching quality survey completed by students at the end of the academic year. Outstanding lecturers are as follows:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof. Idit Katz, Dept. of Education
Dr. Uri David Leibowitz, Dept. of Philosophy
Dr. Roi Gefter, Dept. of Hebrew Language
Dr. Menashe Anzi, Dept. of Jewish History
Dr. Tehila Refaeli, Dept. of Social Work
Dr. Sari Aharoni, Dept. of Gender Studies
Mr. Salem Abu Rabia, Interdisciplinary Programs
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Prof. Roni Shneck, Dept. of Material Engineering
Prof. Noam Tractinsky, Dept. of Software and Information Systems Engineering
Dr. Yossi Oren, Dept. of Software and Information Systems Engineering
Prof. Guy Shani, Dept. of Software and Information Systems Engineering
Dr. Moshe Zofi, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management
Ms. Marina Grigorovitch, Dept. of Construction Engineering (doctoral student)
Mr. Oded Zafrani, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management (doctoral student)
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Dr. Gili Golan, Dept. of Mathematics
Prof. Eyal Arbeli, Dept. of Chemistry
Dr. Yaar Solomon, Dept. of Mathematics
Ms. Michal Shemesh, Dept. of Computer Sciences
Mr. Amir Rubin, Dept. of Computer Sciences (doctoral student)
Faculty of Health Sciences
Prof. Lionid Klichman, Dept. of Physiotherapy
Dr. Abed Azav, School of Nursing
Dr. Doron Sagi, Goldman Medical School
Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
Dr. Dorit Efrat-Treister, Dept. of Management
Dr. Shachar David Shiloh, Dept. of Hotel Management and Tourism
Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Dr. Muhammad Bashouti, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research
Eilat Campus
Mr. Noam Gonen, Eilat Campus (doctoral student)
Prize of the Unit for the Advancement of Quality Teaching and Learning
This unit recognizes outstanding lecturers who taught service courses for large groups of students outside their department. The unit would like to express the university's appreciation for overcoming the unique challenges entailed in teaching these courses. Recipients are:
Prof. Ariel Yadin, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Mathematics
Prof. Raz Jelinek, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
