20 faculty members receive $5K awards

Three Kansas University faculty received W.T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence on Monday.

The $5,000 awards went to Beth Manolescu, associate professor of communication studies; Joan A. Sereno, associate professor of linguistics; and Lisa Wolf-Wendel, associate professor of higher education.

Twenty faculty members receive the awards, which are supported by $650,000 from the William T. Kemper Foundation-Commerce Bank and $650,000 in matching funds from KU Endowment Association.