St. Jerome's University proudly announces that one of our exemplary faculty members, Professor Chad Wriglesworth, department of English, has received a 2025 Distinguished Teacher Award. Each year, the University of ݮƵ recognizes a few standout faculty members across campus, including the federated and affiliated institutions. Up to four instructors each year are recognized for their exceptional teaching inside and outside the classroom, demonstrating their ability to maintain supportive relationships with students and colleagues and their engagement with their course material over an extended period.
"At a time when the humanities are both more needed and less understood, Chad continues to student by student, person by person, inspire a deep appreciation for how words—reading them, thinking about them, and writing them—can make our lives and the lives of those around us better by fostering in each of us a richer understanding of the human experience,” said Carol Ann MacGregor, vice president, academic and dean. “I believe that kind of work is the foundation of the best societal futures one could imagine in the ݮƵ@100 framework. In an environment that is obsessed with the latest technological innovations, Chad’s quiet innovation is to be relentlessly curious about and persistently conversational with the humans who find themselves in his classroom. The work is not large scale or fast or easy to reproduce, but it reminds the rest of us through its example that the most powerful learning experiences come not from content transfer assessed in summative final exams but from the formational work that changes not just what students know but who they are."
When asked about what this award means to him, Dr. Chad Wriglesworth said, "I'm so pleased to be recognized with the Distinguished Teacher Award. I came to St. Jerome's fourteen years ago because I was committed to the idea of teaching at a Catholic liberal arts university that aspires to educate the whole person."
The Distinguished Teacher Awards have been awarded since 1975 at the University of ݮƵ. St. Jerome's University at the University of ݮƵ has been fortunate to have had several of our faculty recognized with this highest honour over the years. To read the complete list of recipients, please see the Distinguished Teacher Award Recipient list hosted on the Centre for Teaching Excellence website.