COM Faculty Win Rives Award

Stephen K. Hunt and Cheri Simonds, faculty members in the School of Communication, are the recipients of the 2008 Stan and Sandy Rives Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award. The award recognizes demonstrated commitment to excellence in undergraduate education by enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience, and specifically to the first-year experience, through a focus on each student as an individual with unique educational needs and potential. “Cheri and I are proud to work at a university where general education really matters,” said Hunt. “From the School of Communication, through the College office, and higher administration, we have worked with a number of colleagues who care deeply about what students are learning at ISU.”

The Rives award was established in honor of Dr. Stan Rives’ longtime commitment to an undergraduate program of the highest quality and for his contributions to Illinois State University as Dean of Undergraduate Instruction. Hunt and Simonds will be publicly recognized during the Founders Day convocation on February 14.

Stephen K. Hunt and Cheri Simonds