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Thursday, September 6, 2001
T.A. Abbott Award For Teaching Excellence
Presented to Culver-Stockton's Abegglen
Abegglen was recognized at the annual convocation on August 30 in Canton, Mo. DHE President Dennis Landon presented her with a check for $1,000, to be used for expanding her library, developing new courses, or continuing education and research. Abegglen is a faculty advisor to the ecumenical Christian Fellowship Group, which she helped organize in 1993. She has also led several mission trips both abroad and in the U.S. She serves as a faculty advisor to the Student Missouri State Teacher's Association and as academic advisor to Phi Eta Sigma, an honorary scholastic society recognizing outstanding freshmen whose members volunteer in tutoring and mentoring programs. As chairperson of the Division of Applied Arts and Sciences, she oversees educational departments that account for nearly one-third of Culver-Stockton's graduates. A resident of Keokuk, Iowa, Abegglen holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Indiana State University and a doctorate from Memphis State University. She has been on the C-SC faculty since 1982. Her husband is the pastor at New Testament Christian Church in Keokuk. The T.A. Abbott Award, presented now for the 18th consecutive year, was established through a gift to the Division of Higher Education from the descendants of the Reverend T. A. Abbott, a student and later a trustee at Christian University (now Culver-Stockton College). In the 1880's and early 1890's, Abbott pastured local congregations in Missouri, and from 1886 to 1910, he was the corresponding secretary of the Missouri Christian Missionary Society. He died in 1914. Nominees for the T.A. Abbott Award must be full-time teaching faculty at Disciples-related institutions of higher education. Criteria for selection include quality of teaching, personal example and commitment to the integration of Christian faith and learning. Abegglen is the third Culver-Stockton faculty member to receive the award; others were Edward H. Sawyer in 1999, and John A. Sperry, Jr., in 1992. The purpose of the Division of Higher Education is to nurture men and women, both lay and clergy, for transformational leadership in the church and the wider human community through the church's institutions of higher education. Fourteen universities and colleges and seven theological institutions in 12 states are in covenant with the Christian Church, serving 24,000 students. In addition, three schools and three theological institutions maintain historical ties with the denomination. DHE is also affiliated with more than 80 campus ministries programs across the country. DHE also works with congregations and individuals to distribute scholarships to worthy Disciples students. Including cooperative efforts, DHE has helped distribute almost $219,000 in scholarships in 2001.
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Culver-Stockton College education professor Dr. Sue Abegglen, chairperson of applied arts and sciences division and director of teacher education, was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2001 T.A. Abbott Award for Faculty Excellence from the Division of Higher Education. The award is the most prestigious recognition that the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) gives to members of faculties of Disciples-related colleges and universities.