School of Arts and Sciences

Lerman-Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring

The Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer '69 and Joseph Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring honors an individual — typically a tenure, full-time faculty member — who is involved in the cocurricular and extracurricular life of the campus and, more importantly, has had a significant impact on students' lives as an exceptional teacher, mentor, adviser and friend.

The $5,000 prize is presented annually at the April faculty meeting.

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations. The recipient is selected by the Dean of Arts and Sciences upon the recommendation of a committee that includes two students appointed by the Student Union and two previous Lerman-Neubauer recipients in consultation with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Decisions are based on nomination letters, teaching evaluations, Faculty Activity Reports and CVs. Submit a nomination.

2025 Recipient | Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Professor of Chemistry

Nominator Comments

• “Prof. Schmidt-Rohr is flat-out brilliant. But he also cares so deeply about what he teaches, he puts his maximum into his courses and cares deeply about student learning while being so detailed and transparent and deliberate about every single learning objective and logistical component of the course.”
• “Professor SR has gone above and beyond in every way ... Other students really got the impression that he cared about how we were grasping the topics in his class. To be challenged greatly with content, but to be very supported in the struggle, made the class worthwhile.”

Past Recipients