Award Nomination Criteria
Patricia Calkin, Simpson College, 701 North C Street, Indianola, IA 50125.
To nominate
Please nominate a person whom you believe exemplifies the best in teaching at his/her particular level and who has provided outstanding service to the profession in the state of Iowa and to the IWLA.
Service to the IWLA may be in the form of, but not limited to, presentations to IWLA or subgroups thereof, such as Outreach workshops; support groups; service on the Board, Advisory Council, or on IWLA committees; sharing results of grantwork; articles contributed to the IWLA Bulletin; and other such contributions.
The Distinguished Service Award is intended to recognize a member of IWLA whose entire career has reflected the best in world language teaching and in service to the organization.
Recipients must be members in good standing of IWLA.
Recipients are selected on these criteria alone. No consideration is given to the candidate’s language specialization.
You may not nominate yourself.
Please note that past recipients are not eligible to receive the Educator of the Year, but that they may be eligible for the Outstanding Service Award.
Past recipients
| Alicia Van Bergen |
| Ana Peck |
| Anna Marasco |
| Anne Volkman |
| Barbara Maitland |
| Barbara Peterson |
| Beth Vanderwilt |
| Cheryl Voelliger |
| Coralie Turner |
| Connie Smith |
| Dawn Bratsch Prince |
| Dawn Frye |
| Dedi Walker |
| Denise Murray |
| Donna Grunstad |
| Donna Van Bodegraven |
| Eunice Van Tuyl |
| Elizabeth Zwanziger Page |
| Evelyn Bress |
| Heidi Galer |
| Hildegard (Pochy) Morales |
| Holly Kaptain |
| Jacques Dubois |
| James Graham |
| Jane Klaver |
| Janet Brown Lowe |
| Janine Shelley |
| Jeanette Borich |
| Jere Brands |
| Jim Becker |
| Joan Lewis |
| Joan Pace |
| Joye Lore-Lawson |
| Jurgen Koppensteiner |
| Kay Wells |
| Kerisa Baedke |
| Larry Pace |
| Lieselotte Ritter |
| Linda Wilson |
| Lindsey Rice Cornwell |
| Lowell Hoeft |
| Lydia Ruiz |
| Magdalene Mujica-Voy |
| Marcia Rosenbusch |
| Mercia Foster |
| Michael Oates |
| Moira McCluney |
| Nelle Hutter |
| Nile Vernon |
| Paris Sangrene |
| Patricia Calkins |
| Patricia Westphal |
| Rosemarie VanDyk |
| Russ Freerking |
| Sally Clute |
| Sandy Nyhus |
| Sara Blanco |
| Shelly Power |
| Shelly Winters |
| Steve Christiansen |
| Susan Sandholm-Petersen |
| Tammy Dann |
| Tatiana Spektor |
| Terri Gebel |
| Tom Dougless |
| Toni Baugher |
| Trish Colburn |
| Wade Peterson |
| Walter Chatfield |
| William Hemmes |