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APU Professor Recognized with Excellence and Campus Leadership Award
September 22, 2008
AZUSA, Calif. –
Thomas Allbaugh, Ph.D., associate professor in Azusa Pacific University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently received the Teaching and Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, which grants the recipent $2,000 and is accompanied by a clock. The award honors Allbaugh’s passion for enabling students to reach their potential and his constant leadership among the APU faculty.
In addition to teaching, Allbaugh has written reviews and articles published in Pedagogy, Minnesota English Journal, Focus: A Journal of Writing Centers, and Drama for Students. In 1995, he was honored as co-winner of the Dreams and Visions Short Story of the Year Award. He has also presented at the national Conference on College and Composition and Communication, the Popular Culture Association, and various regional venues.
Allbaugh earned a B.A. in English from Hope College, an M.A. in English from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Southern Illinois University.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study, 26 master's degree programs, and 7 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,100.
