Eight BU Faculty, Staff Members Recognized with Awards

Richard Krasso

Six Bellevue University faculty members and two staff members were recently honored as they were named the 2020 recipients of the university's excellence in teaching, outstanding service and innovation awards. 

• Karla Carter, Associate Professor, College of Science and Technology, was honored with the Excellence in Teaching Award;
• Dr. Jon Kayne, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, was honored with the Outstanding Service Awards;
• Richard Krasso, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology, was honored with the Innovation Award;
• Scott Kizzire, adjunct faculty member, College of Business and College of Continuing and Professional Education, was honored with the Innovation Award;
• Vincent Painter, adjunct faculty member, College of Science and Technology, was honored with the Lou Soukup Award (undergraduate teaching);
• Dr. B. Dean Angell, adjunct faculty member, College of Business, was honored with the Lou Soukup Award (graduate level)            
• Heidi Lupo, Director, Guild Advising, was honored with the President's Award
• Liz Pettinger, Director, Key Account Management and Operations, Corporate Learning Solutions, was honored with the President's Award

The annual awards were announced at a university all-campus meeting held June 19. The meeting was held via Zoom and brought together more than 500 employees from multiple remote locations for an update on university operations.

(Photo caption: Richard Krasso, Assistant Professor in the College of Science and Technology, developed an immersive online boot camp for students in the Bachelor of Science web development program.)