Lauren Donovan Receives Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
Lauren Donovan, Assistant Professor of Business at Delaware County Community College, receives the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching from Provost Dr. Eric Wellington
(Delaware and Chester Counties, PA • May 25, 2016)—Delaware County Community College is pleased to announce that Lauren Donovan, Assistant Professor of Business, is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Donovan, who grew up in Prospect Park and now resides in Berwyn, teaches business and marketing courses at the College. She currently co-leads the Quality Matters initiative which focuses on providing training to College faculty who teach online courses. Donovan also redesigned the College’s business communication course, making it more performance based, which gives students the opportunity to experience real-world scenarios such as interviewing and presentation design and delivery.
Active on campus, Donovan has participated in several initiatives aimed at bettering the campus community. She’s worked alongside other College professors to assist with fundraising and communication efforts for the Student Food Emergency Resource Bank, and in 2013 she received a mini grant from the College’s Educational Foundation. She used the grant to work on a project aimed at raising awareness of the importance of getting enough sleep and the effects sleep has on overall health in college students. This included leading a team of business communication students in the creation, execution and promotion of Sleep Week. The promotion of “Sleep Eight Feel Great” during Sleep Week reached approximately 150 students during finals week with the message that well-rested students perform better on final exams.
Donovan is honored to have received the Lindback award and says she feels “a great deal of gratitude for the amazing faculty that I work with at Delaware County Community College, who, in so many ways, have been my teachers. They have challenged me to approach each classroom experience as if it were a performance where students are the actors. They have provided insight that has helped me improve in so many ways, so that I am inspired to create more meaningful learning experiences for my students.”
Since 1961, the Lindback Award has been recognizing outstanding faculty members at 52 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Individuals are nominated based on their commitment to the intellectual and social development of students. Their approach to teaching should be intellectually challenging, stimulating, and accessible, and their efforts should extend beyond the classroom.
