Eric Aldrich, assistant teaching professor, School of Natural Resources, has been awarded the Maxine Christopher Shutz Award & Lecture for Distinguished Teaching as part of the 2024 Faculty Excellence Week.

As a result of the generosity of the late Byron T. and Maxine Christopher Shutz, an endowment was established in 1982 to recognize distinguished teachers from the Columbia campus. The award will be presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated extra efforts to involve undergraduates in active learning experiences and to personalize the undergraduate experience of students.