Robert ‘Bob’ Richardson, associate professor of Accounting and Calibre Faculty Scholar has been named as the 2025 winner of the Dr. Otto C. Brenner Award for Outstanding Teaching.

The award, which is conferred annually by vote of the junior and senior students in the College of Business, honors the life and legacy of the late Otto C. Brenner, who during his long career at JMU was named "Outstanding Undergraduate Professor" more often than any other member of the CoB faculty.

Bob also won in 2004, 2006, 2012 and 2014!

Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics, Luis Novoa, is one of just three faculty members campus-wide to be selected for the 2025 Madison Vision Teaching Award.

In recognition of this high honor, conferred through an entirely student-led process, Luis will be presented with a one-time $1,000 educational grant at the Academic Affairs Award Recognition Luncheon in the Festival Ballroom on May 1. 

Abigail Herbert, Student Body Vice President, singled out Luis for special praise, telling him that the award "recognizes your passion for teaching and your exceptional ability to create a warm, welcoming environment in the classroom."

John Kruggel and his colleagues in the Center for Economic Education are the recipients of the prestigious Albert Beekhuis Award, presented by the Council for Economic Education.

The annual award recognizes the center's outstanding programs for teachers and students and the excellence of its community-outreach efforts.

Kruggel and other representatives of the center accepted the award on September 26 at the 63rd Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Read more here about the center's stellar performance.