{"619908":{"#nid":"619908","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Johnny Smith Awarded Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/smith_1\u0022\u003EJohnny Smith\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;Julius C. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;Shaw Assistant Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology (SST), has been awarded the prestigious\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/awards\/eichholz\u0022\u003EGeoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis annual Georgia Tech award recognizes two faculty who provide outstanding teaching to students in core and general education undergraduate courses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESmith will receive the award at the Georgia Tech Awards luncheon on April 19th.\u0026nbsp;In addition to receiving a $3,000 prize, his\u0026nbsp;name will\u0026nbsp;be placed on a plaque in the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. The award is another of many teaching\u0026nbsp;distinctions conferred to Smith, who\u0026nbsp;specializes in modern American history and the history of American sports.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents and faculty alike have lauded Smith\u0026rsquo;s engaging and thoughtful pedagogy, which is reflected in his consistently high\u0026nbsp;Course-Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS) scores. As an advisor for the SST minor, Smith helps students on independent research projects in addition to providing guidance on career goals and networking strategies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Johnny is an extraordinarily gifted teacher... Johnny doesn\u0026rsquo;t assume pre-existing knowledge on the part of his students, but explains everything carefully and thoroughly and doesn\u0026rsquo;t present more material than they can digest,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said John Tone, the associate dean of Undergraduate Studies in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;I have no doubt that the students in [History of Sports in America]\u0026nbsp;left having learned a great deal.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents have also praised his\u0026nbsp;ability\u0026nbsp;to make\u0026nbsp;American history engaging through effective story telling, simplifying complex sociopolitical themes, and being invested in the long-term success of his students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Professor Smith is dedicated to seeing his students develop and thrive in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nwhatever career path they follow... He constantly brings a new sense of innovation to his teaching style and I experienced it first hand as I was fortunate to complete a never-been-done independent study course at Georgia Tech,\u0026rdquo; History alumna\u0026nbsp;Hannah Joy Gebresilassie said. \u0026ldquo;Professor Smith challenged me to achieve my greatest potential as a student at Georgia Tech and I carried that mentality into the \u0026ldquo;\u0026lsquo;real world.\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award was established in 2005 through a gift from School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026rsquo;s Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Eichholz. It was created to reward senior faculty members who made a long-term contribution to introductory undergraduate education and were outstanding teachers for students taking freshman and sophomore core courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERecently, the award has broadened to recognize faculty at any point in their careers who excel in teaching core and general education courses, and who help students establish a solid foundation for their education at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHearty congratulations to Dr. Smith for this wonderful honor!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Johnny Smith, the Julius C. \u201cBud\u201d Shaw Assistant Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology (SST), has been awarded the prestigious Geoffrey G. 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