MANHATTAN — Excellence in leadership and teaching is earning three individuals Kansas State University's 2021 Presidential awards.
Scott DeLoach, professor and head of the computer science department, is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head. Mary Kay Siefers, teaching professor in the Staley School of Leadership Studies, is receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Joshua Drouin, graduate teaching assistant and doctoral student in mathematics, has been selected for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Each award includes a $5,000 honorarium sponsored by the university president's office and Curtin Property Company, a real estate development firm with offices in Manhattan and Kansas City.
"The Curtin Property Company is proud to have founded this unique partnership with Kansas State University more than 25 years ago to honor excellence among K-State's outstanding faculty and leaders," said Chris Curtin, company president. "The Curtin Property Company, its numerous K-State graduates and its Manhattan associates at Georgetown Apartment Homes and Westchester Park Apartments congratulate the 2021 Presidential Awards of Excellence winners."