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Ge, James, Montgomery and Pitts Nominated for Specialized 2024 Turner College Faculty Teaching Awards

Turner College faculty Linqiang Ge, Mark James, Bruce Montgomery and Mark James have been nominated for two specialized 2024 Turner College Faculty Teaching Awards. Ge, an associate professor of computer science in the TSYS School, is a nominee for the 2024 Turner College Online Teaching Award. His teaching credentials were recently recognized through his recent nomination for the 2024 CSU Teaching Excellence Award, which will be awarded in April. 
     James is an associate professor of management in the Turner College. He is a nominee for the 2024 Turner College Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. James previously won CSU's 2021 Chappell Graduate Faculty Award. His pedagogical skills are exemplified by comments from one of his students, "He is a very good professor. He is enthusiastic in the classroom and he cares about his students . . . He is very engaging with the class."
     Montgomery recently joined the TSYS School as a limited-term lecturer. He is a nominee 2024 Turner College Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. According to Montgomery, "I [work] to tie real industry concerns to academic . . . instruction . . . and to apply my interests in usability design, IoT and the Cloud . . . to help students develop valuable and marketable skills . . ."
     Pitts is a professor of management information systems in the Turner College. She is nominated for the 2024 Turner College Online Faculty Teaching Award. Pitts previously won the 2023 Turner College Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. Two of her recent online students remarked, "The majority of your grade is based on [a] group project . . . She gives great feedback if you ask . . . If you have questions just send her e-mail she is really good about replying back. If you . . . take this course I highly recommend taking it online with her."





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