Awards, Faculty and Staff
Nesbit Receives Teaching Award
Sam Nesbit, clinical associate professor, department of diagnostic sciences and general dentistry recently received the distinguished faculty award from the Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis that recognizes and honor members for outstanding contributions to the field of oral diagnosis, excellence in teaching, and selfless service to the profession of dentistry. Nesbit, a member of the faculty since 1983, also received the school’ s most prestigious teaching award, the Richard F. Hunt Award for Teaching Excellence, twice, in 1986 and 1994. He also received the Paul Gibbons Award for Teaching Excellence at the University of Michigan where he taught before coming to UNC-Chapel Hill.