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hida Henneberry, Department of Agricultural Economics Regents Professor, holder of the Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair in International Studies and director of OSU’s Master of International Agriculture degree program, is the first OSU faculty member to receive the Excellence in College and University Teaching Award for Food and Agricultural Sciences.
has received 17 awards and honors for her teaching including recognition for her undergraduate teaching and advising, her graduate teaching and advising, and her teaching scholarship.”
“Shida Henneberry is an outstanding teacher,” said Cynda Clary, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Associate Dean and Professor. “She
personal qualities come forward. I attribute this award to the level of greatness of our students.”
Henneberry said she uses an integrated approach in her teaching. She brings discipline-based research into the classroom and conducts research on teaching. Also, she uses real life examples, student participation in class and current event applications.
The national teaching award is presented annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to two university faculty for their use of innovative teaching methods and One of Henneberry’s students said, she is “able to take service to students. the extremely complex theoretical models and convert them to easily understood and applied concepts.” The honor was presented at the 127th Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Annual Meeting on Regarding the award, Henneberry said, “it’s often said, Nov. 2 to 4 in Orlando, Florida. when you are around great people it makes your best
Top: (L-R) Thomas Coon, DASNR Vice President, Dean and Director; Shida Henneberry; Cynda Clary, Professor and CASNR Associate Dean; and Steve Damron, Professor and CASNR Assistant Dean. 8 • Faculty