Jeanne Frenzel, professor of pharmacy practice and director of recruitment, has been selected to receive NDSU’s prestigious Odney Excellence in Teaching Award. She will be recognized during the annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence, scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom B.
“This is the 50th year NDSU is recognizing outstanding faculty teaching through the Odney award,” said Vice Provost Canan Bilen-Green who chairs the Faculty Awards and Recognition committee. “Professor Frenzel is an exceptionally talented and dedicated teacher who represents the commitment of our faculty to student-centered education and student achievement.”
The award recognizes outstanding faculty teaching. Honorees stimulate continuing interest in their subject matter; present course material in a clear and suitable manner; demonstrate distinctive competence in their field; and make positive contributions to the educational experience of NDSU students. Recipients are selected by the Faculty Awards and Recognition Committee.
“I seek to train the next generation of pharmacists to be collaborative, reflective, and empowered to create innovative solutions to the challenges of patient-centered care,” Frenzel said about her teaching philosophy. “I design experiential courses so that students are doing what pharmacists do. Connecting the classroom to practice helps students to engage in critical thinking, problem solving and effective communication as they develop content knowledge and transferable skills. I prioritize providing students with impactful formative feedback and use alternative grading to reduce the risks associated with learning new skills and being creative. Experiential teaching is an iterative endeavor that I enjoy experimenting with while using a reflective practice that examines a variety of evidence and incorporates student and peer feedback.”
Frenzel teaches a lecture and pharmacy skill course, and uses creative simulations to produce authentic learning experiences. She has received seven university and national awards for innovative teaching and assessment.
“As a pharmacist and educator, Dr. Frenzel has dedicated her academic career to the growth of pharmacy students both academically and professionally,” said nominator Lisa Richter, assistant professor of practice and director of experiential outreach and assessment. “Her goal is to support the development of students into pharmacists prepared to practice at the top of their license in all pharmacy settings. She is a nationally recognized expert in the development and assessment of innovative pedagogies to teach pharmacy skills.
Frenzel joined the NDSU School of Pharmacy in 2004. Her many honors include the Emerging Teaching Scholar Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; NDSU’s Mary Berg Award for Excellence in Teaching; Innovations in Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; Award for Excellence in Course Assessment from the NDSU Office of Teaching and Learning; Laboratory Innovation and Teaching Excellence Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; NDSU’s College of Health Professions Preceptor of the Year; NDSU’s Peltier Award for Innovative Teaching; and Distinguished Young Pharmacist from the North Dakota Pharmacist Association.
She earned bachelor’s degrees in pharmaceutical sciences and microbiology from NDSU, and her Doctor of Pharmacy and doctorate in adult and occupational education at NDSU.
Other finalists for the Odney Award include Raymond March, assistant professor of agribusiness and applied economics, and Erin Conwell, associate professor of psychology.
March is a public choice and public policy fellow of the American Institute for Economic Research, a scholar for both the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth and the Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise, a research fellow for the Independent Institute and director of FDAReview.org. He earned his doctorate in agricultural and applied economics at Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
Conwell joined the NDSU faculty in 2011. She is a member of the NDSU Graduate Council and chair of the Department of Psychology Graduate Programs Committee. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and doctorate in cognitive science from Brown University. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.
