{"689259":{"#nid":"689259","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Instructors Who Inspire: Celebrating the 2025 CIOS Award Winners","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Academic Effectiveness have announced the 2025 Georgia Tech CIOS Award winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Annual CIOS Award is open to full-time Georgia Tech employees who teach credit courses and who administer the Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS). Each year, 40 to 50 winners are selected and announced for courses taught during the previous calendar year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe CIOS is one way that students can share feedback about their learning experiences in a course,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003ECarol Subi\u00f1o Sullivan\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate director for the Center. \u201cWinners of the CIOS Award have been recognized by their students as creating a learning environment that is interesting, engaging, and respectful. Congratulations!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat a privilege it was to have a professor as caring and passionate as you,\u201d wrote one student to \u003Cstrong\u003EKate McCann\u003C\/strong\u003E, a 2025 award recipient. \u201cThank you for consistently prioritizing our well-being and making [the course] so engaging. I was always excited to wake up and go to your class! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and for challenging us to grow as neuroscientists and people. Reflecting on your class, I learned so much and will carry many of the people-focused concepts with me as I continue through healthcare. I hope you know how loved and respected you are among students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u200bgenerous gifts in the \u200bJack and Frances Mundy and Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard endowments provide funding for a $1,000 stipend awarded to winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2025 CIOS Award recipients from the College of Sciences are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatharine McCann\u003C\/strong\u003E, recognized for NEUR 4803: Special Topics: Neuroscience of Addiction\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELiana Boop\u003C\/strong\u003E, recognized for EAS 1600: Intro-Environmental Sci\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Hammer\u003C\/strong\u003E, recognized for BIOS 3381: Microbiology Lab\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdam Decker\u003C\/strong\u003E, recognized for BIOS 3753: Human Anatomy\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EConsult the full list of \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.ctl.gatech.edu\/2026\/03\/18\/instructors-who-inspire-celebrating-the-2025-cios-award-winners\/?utm_source=newsletter\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_content=Celebrating%20CIOS%20Award%20Winners\u0026amp;utm_campaign=The%20Whistle%20-%20March%2030%2C%202026\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E2025 CIOS Award recipients\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s award recipients include four faculty members from the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This year\u0027s award recipients include four faculty members from the College of Sciences."}],"uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-03-31 14:59:39","changed_gmt":"2026-04-01 17:47:44","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679816":{"id":"679816","type":"image","title":"2025 CIOS Awards","body":null,"created":"1775065630","gmt_created":"2026-04-01 17:47:10","changed":"1775065630","gmt_changed":"2026-04-01 17:47:10","alt":"2025 CIOS Awards","file":{"fid":"264020","name":"CIOS-Awards-2025.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/01\/CIOS-Awards-2025.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/01\/CIOS-Awards-2025.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":77991,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/01\/CIOS-Awards-2025.jpg?itok=aR8ywvmo"}}},"media_ids":["679816"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.ctl.gatech.edu\/2026\/03\/18\/instructors-who-inspire-celebrating-the-2025-cios-award-winners\/?utm_source=newsletter\u0026utm_medium=email\u0026utm_content=Celebrating%20CIOS%20Award%20Winners\u0026utm_campaign=The%20Whistle%20-%20March%2030%2C%202026","title":"2025 CIOS Award Winners"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["lvidal7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}