Innovative pedagogy and cutting-edge research are cornerstones of SMU’s core competencies and therefore the very highest standards are set for SMU’s awards in these areas. The faculty awards for 2013 were announced and presented on 20 September in the Ngee Ann Kong Si Auditorium. SMU President, Professor Arnoud De Meyer; Provost and Deputy President, Academic Affairs Professor Rajendra Srivastava; Vice President and Vice Provost, Undergraduate, Dean, School of Accountancy, Professor Pang Yang Hoon; Vice Provost, Research, Dean, School of Information Systems, Professor Steven Miller; the Deans of the four other schools and; Dean of Postgraduate Professional Programmes and Director of the Centre for Management Practice, Professor Philip Zerrillo were all there to honour the winners.

The SMU Teaching and Research Excellence Awards celebration was jointly organised by the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Office of Research. The Teaching Excellence Awards recipients were selected by the Faculty Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning (FACTL) after reviewing evidences of their teaching performance, and contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning

A new Distinguished Educator Award was introduced this year and awarded to the recently retired Associate Professor Emeritus Michael Gan Tin Hua of the School of Accountancy. Professor Pang read a glowing citation about Professor Gan’s contributions not only to SMU’s School of Accountancy but also to education and the accounting profession in Singapore. Professor Pang also congratulated SMU’s faculty on winning two external awards. The first was the Teradata University Network (TUN) Teaching Innovation Award 2013 by Associate Professor Michelle Cheong and Instructor Mr Murphy Choy of the School of Information Systems, for their submission on a business analytics case study. The second was the CEEMAN Champions’ Award 2013, won by Associate Professor Seow Poh Sun and Senior Lecturer Wong Suay Peng of the School of Accountancy. Their mobile learning application SMU Accounting Challenge (ACE) was selected as co-winner in the Teaching category.

Also launched at SMU’s faculty awards this year were awards to honour faculty who have contributed to excellence in teaching in SMU’s Postgraduate Professional Programmes and Executive Development Programmes. The awards were presented by Professor Zerrillo. The recipients of the awards were selected by the Evaluation Committee after they had reviewed their teaching performances and contributions to scholarship of teaching and learning. The committee comprised of Professor Rajendra Srivastava; Professor Philip Zerrillo; Professor Francis Koh, Vice Provost (Special Projects); and Steve Wyatt, Executive Director of SMU Executive Development.

Heartiest congratulations to all the nominees and especially the winners in this year’s awards.

[Main photo] A winning team: the recipients of the SMU Teaching and Research Excellence Awards together with SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer (front row, fifth from the right;, Provost and Deputy President, Academic Affairs Professor Rajendra Srivastava (front row, sixth from the left); Vice President and Vice Provost, Undergraduate, Dean, School of Accountancy, Professor Pang Yang Hoon (front row, fifth from the left; and the Deans of SMU’s other schools and programmes.

Associate Professor Emeritus Michael Gan Tin Hua (School of Accountancy) receiving the inaugural SMU Distinguished Educator Award from Professor De Meyer.

RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS

Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship for Research Excellence

·         David Chan, Professor, School of Social Sciences

·         Cheng Qiang, Professor, School of Accountancy

Sing Lun Fellowship

·         Rong Wang, Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business

·         Christopher Chen Chao-hung, Assistant Professor, School of Law

Della Suantio Fellowship

·         Bussarawan ‘Puk’ Teerawichitchainan, Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences

DS Lee Foundation Fellowship

·         Fali Huang, Associate Professor, School of Economics

Keppel Professorship in Financial Economics

·         Peter C. B. Phillips, Distinguished Term Professor, Sim Kee Boon Institute of Financial Economics

OUB Professorial Chair of Quantitative Finance

·         Lim Kian Guan, Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Yong Pung How Professorship of Law

·         Yeo Tiong Min, Dean, Professor, School of Law

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES AWARD WINNERS

Distinguished Educator                                                                                                         

·         Michael Gan Tin Hua, Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Accountancy

Excellent Teacher

·         Pearl Tan, Associate Professor, School of Accountancy

·         Rosie Ching Ju Mae, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics

Innovative Teacher

·         Gary Pan, Associate Professor, School of Accountancy

·         Tan Seow Hon, Associate Professor, School of Law

Most Promising Teacher

·         Jimmy Lee, Assistant Professor, School of Accountancy

·         Christine Ho, Assistant Professor, School of Economics

Outstanding Adjunct

·         Low Lay Chin, School of Accountancy

·         Francesca Benvenuti, School of Social Sciences

POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMES
AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AWARD WINNERS

Teaching Excellence in Postgraduate Professional Programmes

·         Themin Suwardy, Associate Professor, School of Accountancy

Postgraduate Programme Development

·         Michelle Cheong, Associate Professor, School of Information Systems

Teaching Excellence in Executive Development

·         Ang Ser-Keng, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Busines