{"id":157571,"date":"2024-09-09T16:11:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=157571"},"modified":"2024-09-09T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:14:42","slug":"mathematics-professor-burke-earns-2024-leepoxy-award-for-teaching-innovation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-burke-earns-2024-leepoxy-award-for-teaching-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics professor Burke earns 2024 Leepoxy Award for Teaching Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crysta Burke, assistant professor of mathematics, was named the winner of Indiana Tech\u2019s 2024 Leepoxy Award for Teaching Innovation. She received her award during Indiana Tech\u2019s convocation ceremony on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leepoxy Award for Teaching Innovation was established in 2008 by community supporter and owner of Leepoxy Plastics, Larry Lee. It is given annually to a full-time faculty member who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Challenges students to continuously progress to higher levels of thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engages students in active learning activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connects to students in innovative ways to positively impact their experiences at Indiana Tech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndiana Tech is grateful to Crysta for her innovative, student-first teaching practices, and we are honored to present her with this year\u2019s Leepoxy Award,\u201d said Dr. Kathleen Hanold Watland, Indiana Tech vice president for academic affairs. \u201cStudents appreciate her enthusiasm, passion, engagement and willingness to adjust her teaching approach to the individual learning needs of her students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In photo:<\/em> Leepoxy Award winner Crysta Burke, center, is flanked by Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Kathleen Hanold Watland, left, and President Dr. Karl W. 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