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Professor Guinn wins Presidential Teaching Award
By Lyric Bonilla
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Presidential Teaching Award nominees know there’s at least a possibility they could be honored with the award and the $5,000 stipend that goes with it.
But it’s another thing when your name is called as the winner at the annual Faculty Appreciation Luncheon where it is given for “an extraordinary dedication to teaching.”
When Dr. Trey Guinn was announced as the winner of the 2023 award, this was his initial reaction: “An overwhelming sense of awe and gratitude. I was sitting in a room of incredible educators whom I admire greatly. To be recognized in a room of such wonderful people was surprising and incredibly humbling.”
Guinn, an associate professor, is director of the Department of Communication Arts. He also is vice president of the Faculty Senate, co-chair of the mentoring program for new faculty, and one of three faculty representatives on the Athletic Advisory Council.
Off campus, he’s president of the Fulbright Association’s San Antonio chapter. Is an author, speaker, facilitator, and exec utive coach. He frequently works with companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Harvard Business School, and the U.S. Air Force. Guinn, who joined the UIW faculty in 2013, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. During graduate school, he taught at Baylor, UT-Austin, St. Edward’s University, and Concordia University.
“Teaching at UIW is a calling,” Guinn said. “To know that others see that I am living my calling as an educator and believe that I am living my calling well is extremely gratifying and meaningful.”
As the latest winner of the Presidential Teaching Award, Guinn now becomes part of the award’s selection committee which includes the provost and past recipients. The committee reviews all nominee materials. They are then tasked