{"id":56074,"date":"2020-09-01T11:48:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=56074"},"modified":"2020-09-01T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:48:34","slug":"%ef%bb%bffhsus-pruden-named-faculty-of-the-year-for-robbins-college-of-business-and-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=56074","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffFHSU\u2019s Pruden named Faculty of the Year for Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Christianna Pruden, instructor of management at Fort Hays State University, has been recognized as the 2019-20 Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship (RCOBE) Faculty of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pruden is\nentering her third year of teaching in the Department of Management. Dr. Rick\nEdgeman, department chair, refers to Pruden\u2019s award as \u201ca richly deserved\nhonor.\u201d He says \u201cDr. Pruden is well-known by both her students and colleagues\nalike for an exceptional blend of rigor and responsiveness, compassion and\ncare, patience and persistence, dedication, and her ability to inspire students\nin the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt a\nuniversity well known for its exceptional teaching, Dr. Pruden is one of the\nbest-of-the-best,\u201d Edgeman said. \u201cHer students, along with her colleagues in\nthe Department of Management, the Robbins College of Business and\nEntrepreneurship, and Fort Hays State University are fortunate to be alongside\nDr. Pruden in their quest for knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCOBE\nFaculty of the Year award process for 2019-20 was designed and implemented by\nstudents majoring in business through a survey tool. A survey was first\nadministered to the RCOBE student population to gather nominations, followed by\na second survey to narrow down finalists. Pruden received the highest number of\nfinal votes on the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who\nparticipated in the survey had many positive examples to share on how Pruden\nhas impacted their educational journeys. One student commented \u201cDr. Pruden\nshowed up every day with a smile and a positive attitude. When transitioning to\nonline classes in spring 2020, Dr. Pruden handled the situation exceptionally.\nShe was always available for one-on-one Zoom meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several\nstudents shared examples of how Pruden consistently brings a positive energy to\nher classes, has a knack for teaching difficult concepts in a way that students\ncan relate to, and truly cares about student success. One such student\ncommented that \u201cDr. Pruden inspired me in so many ways this past year. I\nlearned a lot and felt like she really invests in her students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr.\nChristianna Pruden is one of our best and most popular instructors,\u201d said Dr.\nMuhammad Chishty, dean of the Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship.\n\u201cShe is the perfect recipient of the RCOBE Faculty-of-the-Year Award.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Dr. Christianna Pruden, instructor of management at Fort Hays State University, has been recognized as the 2019-20 Robbins College of Business and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RCOBE-Faculty-of-Year-Pruden-Image.jpg?fit=1302%2C1737&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56076,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56074\/revisions\/56076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}