{"id":298257,"date":"2014-04-18T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T17:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=298257"},"modified":"2014-04-19T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T21:20:17","slug":"ut-tyler-professor-selected-to-join-academy-of-distinguished-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=298257","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler Professor Selected to Join Academy of Distinguished Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/04\/thumb_uttyler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/04\/thumb_uttyler-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_uttyler\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-298260\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN \u2013 Five distinguished professors, including one from UT Tyler, will be inducted into The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 22. Neil Gray is a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UTT. Gray, who is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, is co-director of UT Tyler\u2019s UTeach program.  According to a UT System news release, UTeach prepares high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>According to the release, the Academy of Distinguished Teachers was created to recognize outstanding educators at UT\u2019s nine academic institutions, and all members must be past recipients of the Regents\u2019 Outstanding Teaching Award. Officials say this year\u2019s inductees have expertise that ranges from postmodern British fiction to training the next generation of energy leaders at the intersection of engineering, policy, and commercialization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Academy honors the best of the best,\u201d said UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D. \u201cIt recognizes educators, not only those who are leaders in their field, but also those who are committed to improving teaching System-wide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the second year that the University of Texas System honors outstanding educators across our nine academic institutions,\u201d said Pedro Reyes, UT System Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. \u201cThese professors have all demonstrated commitment and leadership in education, and they will serve on a System-wide advisory and advocacy group promoting exemplary undergraduate learning across the entire System.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Academy serve as a System-level advocacy group dedicated to enhancing teaching, fostering innovation in the classroom, and promoting interdisciplinary perspectives on education, according to the release.  Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsystem.edu\/offices\/academic-affairs\/university-texas-system-academy-distinguished-teachers\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.utsystem.edu\/offices\/academic-affairs\/university-texas-system-academy-distinguished-teachers<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN \u2013 Five distinguished professors, including one from UT Tyler, will be inducted into The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 22. Neil Gray is a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UTT. Gray, who is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=298257\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler Professor Selected to Join Academy of Distinguished Teachers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 19:58:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298257"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298261,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298257\/revisions\/298261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}