Four ACES faculty receive Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction

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Clockwise from top left: Juan Arbelaez, Nathan Schroeder, Jill Craft, and Craig Lemoine

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisers campuswide. This year’s recipients, four of which are from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, were honored at a ceremony on April 15.

2025 ACES award recipients include:

  • Juan Arbelaez, assistant professor, Crop sciences, received an Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award.
  • Nathan Schroeder, associate professor, Crop Sciences, received an Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring award.
  • Craig Lemoine, clinical associate professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, received an Excellence in Online Teaching award.
  • Jill Craft, clinical associate professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, received an Excellence in Undergraduate Advising award.

Awardees are cited for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate and graduate advising and mentoring, online teaching and research guidance. The Office of the Provost sponsors the awards.

See the full list of 2025 award recipients.