2022 John W.

Teets Outstanding Teaching Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2022 John W. Teets Outstanding Teaching Award have been announced.

Phoenix, AZ May 07, 2022 --(PR.com)-- The winners of the 2022 John W. Teets Outstanding Teaching
Award (“Teets Award”) have been announced. The Teets Award is an Arizona State University, W.P.
Carey School of Business student-driven award based on student nominations. The student body also
oversees the election process. The Teets Award is presented to professors and graduate teaching assistants
who inspire academic excellence, stimulate students to become active participants in their own learning,
and take pride in motivating students to do their best work. The recipients of this award represent the best
of the best faculty members in W. P. Carey School of Business.

Teets Award winners for Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching each
receive $7,000 stipends and are chosen based on their possession of a contagious love of knowledge and
exhibiting creative and innovative teaching strategies in the continuous and sustained pursuit of teaching
excellence. Teets Award winners for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant receive a $3,000
stipend for going above and beyond to provide students with meaningful understanding of the subject
matter.

The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award winner is Reynold Byers, clinical professor, Supply Chain
Management. The Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award winner is Eric Knott, lecturer,
Management and Entrepreneurship. The Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award winner is
Subham Sharma, MBA candidate and TA, Information Systems.

When given the award, Byers remarked, “It means so much to be honored by students. As an educator,
these moments when you know you’ve made a positive impact can really provide energy to continue
innovating in the classroom.” Knott said, “The students are why I do what I do. Their recognition means
everything." Sharma commented, “I’ve been inspired by my brilliant colleagues, who brought me up to
speed on teaching. It was very exciting to provide students with the support I would want in their shoes.”

The John W. Teets Outstanding Teaching Award was established in 1999 with a donation from John W.
Teets to recognize and reward professors for excellence in teaching. Teets was one of Arizona's and the
country's most influential business and community leaders. His legacy is of entrepreneurship and
leadership to the state of Arizona, the country, and internationally. His impact on and deep commitment
to Phoenix and greater Arizona spans four decades filled with business and philanthropic success. Teets
was a self-made businessman who rose to be the CEO of one of the nation's most successful Fortune 500
corporations. He led a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with 48,000 employees and reshaped it into one
of the world's leading consumer goods and services companies.

Learn more about the award and the legacy and impact of John W. Teets at https://johnwteets.com.

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