The Quint Studer Gratitude Prize for Teaching Excellence was established to honor Quint Studer - healthcare executive and entrepreneur; teacher, coach, and mentor; and community builder and humanitarian - for his many years of service to the fields of healthcare management and leadership and healthcare management and policy education; and for his service to, and love for, AUPHA. The $1,200 Quint Studer Gratitude Prize for Teaching Excellence recognizes individuals from AUPHA member programs for outstanding teaching and mentoring; leadership in educational programming and pedagogy; and dissemination of innovative and promising practices for teaching and mentoring, and course and curriculum development. A wide variety of achievements and contributions to teaching and mentoring in the field may be recognized by the award including:
Nominations may be made by individuals from AUPHA member programs, as well as affiliate or individual members of the Association. The nominee must be a faculty member at an AUPHA Member program. Nominations must be submitted electronically through the AUPHA website. The online form requests the nominee’s curriculum vitae along with two letters of nomination describing:
At least one of the two letters must be from another member of AUPHA. Individuals may be nominated from year to year as long as they continue to meet the criteria for the Prize.
Nomination Form
Deadline for nominations is January 23, 2025.2025 Studer Gratitude Prize Nomination Form
2025 Chris Calkins, PhD, MPA Pennsylvania State University
2024 Sue Boren, PhD, MHA, FACMI, FAMIA University of Missouri
2023 Amy Yarbrough Landry, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham 2022 Karen A. Wager, DBA Medical University of South Carolina