Faculty honored with Beth Wood Distinguished Service-Learning Award

Four faculty members from the IU School of PublicHealth-Bloomington have been recognized for their significant contribution to service-learning and its impact on and off campus by the IU Center forInnovative Teaching and Learning Service-Learning Program.

The faculty members are:

• KatieGrove

• Joanne Klossner 

• Rasul Mowatt 

• Krisha Thiagarajah  

The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL), a partnership between the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and University Information Technology Services, provides comprehensive services in support of excellent teaching and learning at Indiana University Bloomington.


The Beth Wood Distinguished Service-Learning Faculty Award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated excellence in three areas:  teaching pedagogically strong and mutually beneficial service-learning classes, participating in Service-Learning Program events (as both attendees and presenters), and raising visibility of service-learning on and off campus.  

The award is named in honor of  Beth Wood, who taught service-learning public relations courses in the School of Journalism until she lost her battle with cancer in November of 2009. Her teaching exemplified high quality service-learning that was valued by students and community partner agencies alike.