Golden Apple Awards for Teaching Excellence
Golden Apple Awards for Teaching Excellence
The UC Riverside School of Business has a tradition of recognizing outstanding faculty as voted on by our students. The Golden Apple awards were founded in 2015 and continue to recognize excellence in the classroom. Beginning in spring 2022, the four annual recipients of this award will also receive $2,500.
For the Golden Apple Awards, students are asked to vote for the professors in whose classes they had the best overall experience in terms of learning, engagement, teaching style, and innovative teaching methods.
2024-2025 Golden Apple Awards for Teaching Excellence
In recognition of their commitment to excellence in teaching, Raj Singh, Sean Jasso, Austin Attaway, Mike Dong, and Karisa You are the winners of 2024-2025 Golden Apple Awards.
Raj Singh for Business Administration Pre-requisite and Core Courses
Sean Jasso and Austin Attaway for Business Administration Elective Courses
Mengmeng "Mike" Dong for Graduate Core Courses
Karisa E. You for Graduate Elective Courses
Raj Singh
Professor of Practice
Sean Jasso
Professor of Practice
Austin Attaway
Adjunct Professor
Mike Dong
Asst. Professor of Finance
Karisa You
Lecturer
Award Eligibility, Criteria, and Information
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Award Categories & Eligibility
Undergraduate Award Categories
- Preparation for Business Administration major (BUS 10 and 20) and Upper-division major core requirements
- Elective courses
Graduate Award Categories
- Core Classes (MGT 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 235, and 238)
- Elective Classes (All other courses labeled “MGT”)
Faculty Selection / Eligibility Process
Any faculty member (ladder-rank and lecturer) who has taught at least one class in an award category and at least three classes over the last two academic years is eligible. After winning an award in a category, a faculty is not eligible to win the same award for the next 5 years.
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Student Voting Eligibility and Process
Golden Apple voting happens during the Spring term of each academic year. Pre-Business and Business major undergraduate students and AGSM graduate students are eligible to vote on the awards. Eligible faculty will be listed in each award category and students will be asked to vote for up to three instructors in each category. Winners are selected based on the most student votes.
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Prior Award Winners
Undergraduate Winners
Academic
YearPreparation for Business Administration
major (BUS 10 and 20) and
Upper-division major core requirementsElective courses 2024 Kyle Ingram Ye Li 2023 Sean Jasso Jonathan Lim 2022 John Acker Michael Haselhuhn 2021 Rich Yueh Raj Singh 2020 Daniel Almendarez Daniel Almendarez 2019 Raj Singh Kyle Ingram 2018 Kyle Ingram Sean Jasso 2017 Sean Jasso Ye Li 2016 Raj Singh Raj Singh Graduate Winners
Academic
YearCore Classes (MGT 200, 201,
202, 203, 205, 207, 209,
211, 235, and 238)Elective Classes
(All other courses
labeled "MGT")2024 Elaine Wong Alexandru Roman 2023 Ashish Sood Ashish Sood 2022 Alexandru Roman Rami Zwick & Ye Li 2021 Rich Yueh Daniel Almendarez 2020 Marlo Raveendran Rich Yueh 2019 Elodie Goodman Boris Maciejovsky 2018 Scott Burd Long Gao 2017 Timothy Gubler Ashish Sood 2016 Marlo Raveendran Craig Weaver 2015 Elaine Wong Michael Haselhuhn