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Presented annually during Homecoming, the H.O.P.E. (Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator) Award was established by the KU Class of 1959 to recognize outstanding dedication to student success and achievement through excellence in teaching strategies. The H.O.P.E. Award is the only KU award for teaching excellence bestowed exclusively by students. Five finalists will be recognized during a KU football game during the Fall semester, with the winner of the H.O.P.E. Award receives a plaque and a $1,000 stipend to commemorate their achievement.
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The award process is facilitated by the Student Alumni Network, a program of KU Alumni.
The Student Alumni Network will collect nominations from the current graduating class at the University of Kansas during the Fall semester. Faculty members or instructors can be nominated from any of the KU campuses. Once nominated, the nominee will receive communication to complete an online application to be considered for the H.O.P.E. Award. Nominees with an incomplete application will not be considered.
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Materials required for the H.O.P.E. Award application are:
Please contact the Homecoming team at homecoming@kualumni.org.
Please complete the application below and upload the required materials.
2025 — Christopher Depcik, Mechanical Engineering
2024 — Betsy Barnhart, Industrial Design
2023 — Shuai Sun, Chemistry
2022 — Josephine Chandler, Molecular Biosciences
2022 — Eileen Hotze, Molecular Biosciences
2021 — Jonathan Hagel, History
2021 — Sarah Jen, Social Welfare
2020 — Kapila Silva, Architecture
2019 — Matt O’Reilly, Civil Engineering
2018 — Shawn Keshmiri, Aerospace Engineering
2017 — Amii Castle, Business and Law
2016 — Robert Sorem, Mechanical Engineering
2015 — Tara Welch, Classics
2014 — David Pendergrass, Undergraduate Biology, Edwards Campus
2014 — Stephen Ilardi, Psychology
2012 — Phillip Hofstra, Design
2012 — Bernie Kish, Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences
2011 — Denise Linville, Journalism
2010 — Matthew Buechner, Molecular Biosciences
2009 — Mary Klayder, English
2008 — Craig Martin, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2008 — Edward McBride, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
2007 — Paul Hanson, Chemistry
2006 — Charles Marsh, Journalism
2005 — Stephen Ilardi, Psychology
2004 — Charles R. Snyder, Psychology
2003 — Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Mathematics
2002 — Craig Martin, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2001 — William Tuttle Jr., History, American Studies
2000 — Victor Contoski, English
1999 — Alice Lieberman, Social Welfare
1998 — Linda Davis, Journalism
1997 — Renate R. Mai-Dalton, Business
1996 — Marylee Z. Southard, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1995 — Jeff Aubé, Medicinal Chemistry
1994 — Dennis M. Dailey, Social Welfare
1993 — Theodore Johnson, French and Italian
1992 — Daryl C. Evans, Sociology
1991 — Charles (Rick) Snyder, Psychology
1990 — Bedru Yimer, Mechanical Engineering
1989 — Valentino J. Stella, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
1988 — Don Green, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1987 — Zuohuang Chen, Music and Dance
1986 — Timothy Bengtson, Journalism
1985 — Mike Kautsch, Journalism
1984 — Erica Stern, Occupational Therapy
1983 — Clark Bricker, Chemistry
1982 — Gene Martin, Pharmacology
1981 — William Balfour, Physiology and Cell Biology
1980 — Frank Gurtler, Occupational Therapy
1979 — Clark Bricker, Chemistry
1978 — J. Hammond McNish, Business
1977 — Peter Turk, Journalism
1976 — Calder Pickett, Journalism
1975 — John Senior, IHP and Classics
1974 — Edward McBride Sr., Engineering
1973 — John Michel, Speech and Drama
1972 — John Bremner, Journalism
1972 — Arno Knapper, Business
1972 — Elizabeth Schultz, English
1971 — James L. Koevenig, Biology
1970 — Clark Bricker, Chemistry
1969 — Dennis Quinn, IHP and English
1968 — J. Eldon Fields, Political Science
1967 — Aldon Bell, History
1966 — Clark Bricker, Chemistry
1965 — Richard DeGeorge, Philosophy, Slavic and Soviet Area Studies
1964 — James Sterritt, Architecture
1963 — Oscar Haugh, Curriculum and Instruction
1962 — Vaclav Mudroch, History
1961 — Allan Crafton, Speech and Drama
1960 — Ray Brewster, Chemistry
1959 —  Clayton Krehbiel, Music Education, Choral Music
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