Hill earns spring 2010 Texas
A&M System teaching award

Rodney Hill, professor of architecture at Texas A&M, received the Texas A&M University System's Spring 2010 Teaching Excellence Award, an honor created and administered by students.

Hill received $10,000 with the award because he had one of the highest rankings in the program's student surveys; the 161 faculty winners received checks ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.

The award program was initiated by chancellor Michael D. McKinney in 2008 to honor and financially reward the system’s top teachers based on student evaluations, with weighting for factors such as class size. All faculty members who teach at least a 3-hour course are eligible.

“This program allows students to recognize the many outstanding teachers that we have across the Texas A&M System,” said McKinney. “While we are proud to extend our financial appreciation to these faculty members, these awards are about giving credit to those who give their best each day for their students, and ultimately to the state of Texas.”

The award is the latest of many teaching honors for Hill, who joined the Aggie faculty in 1969.

In spring 2009, Hill also received the Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award from Texas A&M and the Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology at an education conference in Florida.

Hill's interests include social and behavior factors in architecture, creativity and future studies. He is the faculty advisor for the American Institute of Architecture Students, the American Creativity Association, the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club, Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Entrepreneur Club.

He holds the Eppright University Professorship in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence and the Harold L. Adams '61 Endowed Interdisciplinary Professorship in Architecture.

- Posted: Sept. 6, 2010 -

Contact:   Phillip Rollfing, prollfing@archone.tamu.edu or 979.458.0442.