“Todd Arney represents the very best that Michigan Tech offers in undergraduate education.”
Todd Arney has a long record of outstanding teaching. This spring, he was further recognized for his behind-the-scenes efforts to modernize the curricula in the Department of Applied Computing, and to enhance the use of state-of-the-art computing resources across campus through the College’s Virtual Cluster.
Dan Fuhrmann, applied computing chair, noted that instructional changes required by the pandemic made Arney’s work particularly valuable because it enabled remote teaching and facilitated a vast improvement in student experience.
“Ensuring that our students have access to the latest technology is time-consuming and represents work that isn’t acknowledged as regularly as it should be,” says Dean Dennis Livesay. “As such, we’re especially proud to recognize Todd’s accomplishments in deploying virtual machines broadly in our classes, and helping others do the same in theirs.”
Arney was featured in the 2021 Deans’ Teaching Showcase and was awarded a 2021 CTL Instructional Award for Curriculum Development or Assessment.
Arney presented his talk, “The Challenge of Making Complex Topics Accessible and Engaging to a Broad Audience,” for the CTL award lecture series.
Arney has also received the Provost’s Award for Sustained Teaching Excellence, a new teaching award that celebrates the work of individuals whose teaching consistently and dramatically benefits students.