Faculty Achievement Recognition
The 2007 Honorees
Faculty Achievement Recognition
The 2007 Honorees
Michael F. Weigold
Professor
Department of Advertising, College of Journalism and Communications
1989
Degrees earned:
Ph.D., University of Florida
M.S. and M.A., University of Florida
B.A., State University of New York at Albany
Professor Michael Weigold is recognized for his excellence in teaching and creating the Department of Advertising’s study abroad program. Having taught more than 10 different undergraduate and graduate courses in his tenure at UF, he was the 2003-04 College of Journalism and Communications Teacher of the Year and received a Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) award in 1995. Having some of the best student evaluations of teaching in the college, Weigold graciously shares teaching advice with other faculty. He is co-author of Contemporary Advertising (11th edition) one of the most popular advertising texts in the U.S. Weigold’s creation of the Department of Advertising’s Study Abroad Program (2003) has enabled UF students to study in France, Greece, England, Italy, and Australia. The program has grown into the second largest study abroad program at UF, has provided students with more global perspectives of themselves and others, and has helped spread the Gator Nation around the world.
