BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball is set to host Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night for WKU professors on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. CT, as the Hilltoppers take on New Mexico State.
“Faculty recognition like this MVP award helps bridge a divide that can exist between academic units and athletic programs,” said Dr. Holli Dummond, Assistant Provost for Student Success and Online Learning/Professor of Sociology and Criminology. “This acknowledgement builds trust, encourages collaboration and fosters a shared sense of responsibility for student success across campus.”
In anticipation of the event, WKU Hilltopper Basketball student-athletes presented “Most Valuable Professor” certificates to one of their professors they wanted to recognize for their meaningful impact they have had both inside and beyond the classroom.
“Most Valuable Professors” recognized by WKU Hilltopper Basketball Student-Athletes
- Kade Unseld — Rachel Green (Instructor — Recreation & Nonprofit Administration, Sport Management)
- Bryant Selebangue — Dr. Brad Stinnett (Associate Professor/Program Coordinator — M.S. Recreation & Sport Administration)
- Cade Stinnett — Dr. Bob Hatfield (Professor — Management)
- Leeroy Odiahi — Angel Shoemake (Pedagogical Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Public Health)
- LJ Hackman — Dr. Terry Obee (Pedagogical Associate Professor — Sport Management)
- Lawson Rice — Lauren Duncan (Instructor — Accounting)
- Armelo Boone — Dr. Fabián Álvarez (Assistant Professor)
- Jack Edelen — Dr. Stacey Forsythe (Associate Professor/Program Coordinator — Sport Management)
- Ryan Myers — Dr. Paula Upright (Associate Professor — Sport Management, Director of School of Kinesiology, Recreation, & Sport)
- Teagan Moore — Donte McGee (Instructor — Exercise Science)
- Louie Semona — Heather Glass (Holland Professor — Accounting | Pedagogical Assistant Professor — Accounting)
- Noah Boyde — Dr. James Kanan (Associate Professor, Criminology Program Coordinator, Advising Specialist)
- Grant Newell — Dr. John Jackson (Kinesiology, Recreation & Sport)
- Blaise Keita — Dr. Randy Deere (Professor Emeritus)
- Cam Haffner — Megan Ormon (Instructor — Marketing)
- Terrion Murdix — Dr. Raymond Poff (Professor/Program Coordinator — Recreation, Park & Nonprofit Administration + Nonprofit Admin Graduate Certificate)
A few honorees shared what it means to be recognized as a “Most Valuable Professor”.
