After 50 years of teaching more than 10,000 students, Associate Professor of Accounting Linda Stillabower is still having fun in the classroom.<\/p>\n
The energy she brings to her work continues to resonate with students, with Stillabower recently receiving Goodman\u2019s 2025 Student-Voted Teaching Award at the graduate level.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the most fun things to do is to connect with the students and see them connect with something they thought they would have trouble with,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great deal of fun when they challenge you or come up with a new question too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stillabower teaches graduate tax accounting courses at Goodman, a subject area students sometime struggle with. She leans on her undergraduate degree in philosophy to go back to the fundamentals of tax accounting and help students understand the ‘why’ behind the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a skill set, being able to find the underlying logic,\u201d she said. \u201cThe interesting thing about tax, is that everything is there for a reason. Memorizing concepts doesn\u2019t let you move forward with planning for you or your clients, it\u2019s the logic that stays with you forever and you\u2019ll be able to say that\u2019s why that\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each year Goodman students get the opportunity to vote for the undergraduate and graduate instructors who made the biggest impact on their experience in the classroom. The awards were handed out at the annual Goodman Student Success and Faculty Appreciation Celebration held April 7 in the Goodman Atrium.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat makes this award so special is that it\u2019s completely student-driven,\u201d says Graduate Business Council President Matthew Bignucolo, who spoke on behalf of students and presented Stillabower her award. \u201cIt\u2019s not about titles or publications \u2014 it\u2019s about connection and impact. It recognizes the faculty members who went above and beyond to create a meaningful learning experience. It reflects the voices of the students who were engaged and supported inside the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finance Lecturer Geoff Hoover received the undergraduate Student-Voted Teaching Award for the eighth time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many deserving individuals in our Faculty that are just as worthy of this title, it genuinely catches me by surprise to hear that the students have given me this recognition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Business Students\u2019 Association Co-President Kristen Noble, who presented Hoover\u2019s award, noted that his students appreciated his ability to make difficult material easy to understand and found him supportive, engaging and knowledgeable as an instructor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI try to make real world connections whether it be current events, or how it will apply to their personal finances later in life to help students make connections to the course material,\u201d Hoover said of his approach to teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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