NCU celebrates excellence in faculty
North Central University is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual Faculty of the Year awards. These awards recognize professors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership through excellent teaching and mentoring, and achievement within academic disciplines. The awards are given to one faculty member who has served up to 9 years at North Central, and one is granted to a professor with 10 or more years of service.
This year’s recipients were:
Andy Schuttinga Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Psychology as well as Director of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and University Assessment Director, who has served North Central since 2018, and
Shawn Sauve Ph.D, Associate Dean, College of Business and Technology, who has served North Central since 2018.
Andy Schuttinga:
Most recently, Dr. Schuttinga has been an adjunct instructor at Bethel University, Century, and Crown Colleges. Prior to that, he was Associate Dean of Psychology at Universitas Pelita Harapan, Jakarta, Indonesia where he lead curricular review, new course development, faculty training, faculty mentoring and online course development. He holds an MS from Minnesota State, Mankato, in Community Counseling, and a BA in Psychology from Dordt College. He will soon complete his PhD in General Psychology from Grand Canyon University. He is passionate about teaching psychology from a faith-based perspective because it is so important for students to understand how creation unfolds through the study of the mind, behaviors, thoughts and feelings.
In addition to serving as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Schuttinga serves as the Director of Social and Behavioral Sciences and is the University Assessment Director. Since moving to Minnesota in 2017, Dr. Schuttinga has held roles at Bethel University, Century College and Crown College. Prior to that, he was Associate Dean of Psychology at Universitas Pelita Harapan, Jakarta, Indonesia where he led curricular review, new course development, faculty training, faculty mentoring and online course development. He holds a Ph.D. from Grand Canyon University, an MS from Minnesota State, Mankato, in Community Counseling, and a BA in Psychology from Dordt College. He is passionate about teaching psychology from a faith-based perspective because it is so important for students to understand how creation unfolds through studying human minds, behaviors, thoughts and feelings.
Shawn Sauve:
For students of business and management, Professor Sauve wants to equip them with language, ideas, and tools that allow them to be effective managers, whether they run their own business or work for one. He tries to focus on ideas and tools that are not current business fads but are rooted in timeless principles that are true today and will be true tomorrow.
He tells learners that he doesn’t want them to simply graduate with a degree—he tells them that after taking one of his classes he’d like them to think differently as they approach business, management and leadership situations. Armed with new sets of tools and ideas he would like them to make higher quality decisions after taking his class than they would have prior to the class.
His wife Kerry is also a CPA and the co-owner of her own financial services firm that specializes in taxation. Married for over 30 years, they have four children. He loves narrative and story, particularly novels and 19th century British literature. Physically active, he likes sprint triathlons, 5k, 10k, and half marathon races.
Dr. Gordon Anderson Award
The Dr. Gordon Anderson Faculty of the Year Award was created to honor a faculty member who demonstrates the spirit of leadership embodied by our former president. It recognizes outstanding accomplishment in the classroom through excellent teaching and mentoring, achievement and scholarship within the academic discipline, as well as service to the NCU academic community. Students and faculty nominate the recipients of this award.
