Professor Luther Ivory Wins Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching

Religious Studies Professor Dr. Luther Ivory is the recipient of Rhodes College’s highest faculty honor for outstanding teaching presented April 27 at the college’s annual Awards Convocation.

Dr. Shadrack Nasong’o of the International Studies Department was announced the winner of the Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research and/or Creative Activity. He currently is out of the country and will be honored in the fall. The awards, first given in 1981, were established by businessman and Rhodes alumnus Clarence Day and now are provided by the Day Foundation.
The Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching is given to a member of the faculty who has demonstrated excellence in teaching over the previous three years as determined by the assessments of students and colleagues, the effective use of imaginative and creative pedagogy, and motivating students to embrace a life of continuing study.
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