(Rochester, Minn.) \u2013 \u00a0Kaycee Rogers, director of education \u2014 Rochester, was awarded Augsburg University\u2019s Outstanding Contributions to Teaching honor.\u00a0She is the first full-time Rochester recipient of Augsburg\u2019s outstanding teaching award.<\/p>\n
The outstanding teaching award is given to one Augsburg faculty member annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the university that go beyond the expectations of their position.<\/p>\n
Rogers received this award because of her active engagement with students, creative approaches to instruction, ability to challenge students, and her overall passion for teaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cKaycee Rogers is a gifted teacher. As the director of education in Rochester, Kaycee has improved the programs extensively by updating course materials, designing engaging classroom activities, and providing educational workshops,\u201d said Margaret Finders, professor of education. \u201cWhat she does exceptionally well is advise and mentor students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many would agree with student Jennifer Barnett: \u201cI was terri\ufb01ed to return to school because it had been 13 years since I had been in a college class. Through a counseling session, Kaycee gave me the con\ufb01dence that I belonged, and assisted me in every step of my academic planning,\u201d Barnett said. \u201cI instantly felt at home at Augsburg because of her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rogers said she\u2019s humbled to receive the award so early in her career and makes it a priority to truly know her students, their backgrounds, their lives, and their future aspirations.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, great teaching has always been student-centered,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if your students are third-graders or pursuing their master\u2019s degrees, a good teacher plans and facilitates learning with the student in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Augsburg.\u00a0<\/strong>Augsburg University offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to 3,400 students of diverse backgrounds at its campus in the vibrant center of the Twin Cities and nearby Rochester, Minnesota, location. Augsburg educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.\u00a0Augsburg has offered degrees at its Rochester location for 20 years. Today, the site offers degrees in nursing, business, and education.\u00a0Learn more at Augsburg.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Rochester, Minn.) \u2013 \u00a0Kaycee Rogers, director of education \u2014 Rochester, was awarded Augsburg University\u2019s Outstanding Contributions to Teaching honor.\u00a0She is the first full-time Rochester recipient of Augsburg\u2019s outstanding teaching award. The outstanding teaching award is given to one Augsburg faculty member annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the university that go beyond the expectations of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-media-advisories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9636,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9222\/revisions\/9636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}