Excellence in Teaching Awards

2003-2004 Award Winners

 

Suk Ki Shin owns and operates Shin's Academy, and has more than 52 years of experience in the martial arts. He has been with the UNO School of HPER for the past 32 years and teaches Basic Hapkido, Karate and Judo.

Suk Ki Shin has an 8th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, and a 7th Degree Black Belt in Judo and Hapkido. He was the 1966 Korean Champion and the first All Asian Games Champion. He was the 1975 World University Taekwondo Team Coach, State President and former Executive Board Member of the the United States Taekwondo Union. He also was the bodyguard to the former president of South Korea.

Some comments the School of HPER received from those who nominated Master Shin for this award were, 'I've never learned techniques as quickly and completely as I do with Master Shin.' And, 'Very positive and patient. Has great people skills and teaches technique and discipline with fair but friendly spirit. It makes you want to go to class.' and finally, something every teacher would love to hear from their students, 'In every class he teaches respect and discipline, which has made me a better person.'

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Don Klosterman was hired as the first head women's soccer coach
at UNO in 1998. During his short history on campus, he has led the Mavericks to three consecutive conference tournament championships. In January of 2003, Klosterman was named the Division II Women's Soccer Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Before coming to UNO, he coached the Millard South
High School boy's soccer team for 10 years, leading them to seven state tournament appearances.

In his short history at UNO, he has led the Mavericks to three consecutive conference tournament Championships. In 2003-04, Klosterman and his team enjoyed the nations's longest winning streak, finished 22-1-0, and made it to the NCAA championship game, losing 2-1 to Christian Brothers (Tenn.).

When the School of HPER needed to make some changes to the Fitness for Living course they went to Don. He has proven to be a tremendous asset to the School of HPER where he now does all the lectures for Fitness For Living. One of the HPER's faculty members states, 'Don has been instrumental in improving the quality of the Fitness for Living Course. He has put in many hours planning and reorganizing this course to better serve the needs of the PE 1800 students as well as the PE 4800 students'. He currently teaches all sections of the lecture as well as mentors the Lab instructors for this course. He is always willing to work with the PE 4800 practicum students to make their experiences as worthwhile as possible. Because of his leadership, PE1800 has become a popular course for non-HPER majors.

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