Her dedication to her students has prompted her to embrace service learning and undergraduate research. Provost Bob Smith has more on Dr. Laverie and her work in the Rawls College of Business Administration.

Professor Debbie Laverie, a faculty member in the Texas Tech Rawls College of Business, is a well rounded & accomplished professional. Provost Bob Smith states "first, she is an outstanding teacher who has been recognized through membership & leadership appointments in the Texas Tech Teaching Academy. Secondly, she is the recipient of the University's Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching and President's Excellence in Teaching Awards, along with the Academy of Marketing Science Outstanding Teaching Award."

Additionally, in 2010, Professor Laverie was awarded one of only 15 statewide Piper Professorships, which acknowledge superior teaching at the college level. If that were not enough, Dr. Laverie has also served as Director of the University's Teaching, Learning & Technology Center. In short, Professor Laverie's primary passion is teaching, & the variety of the business courses she teaches are seemingly limitless...

See original article at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/scholars/debralaverie.php