Professor Talvin Wilks Receives 2022 Morse-Alumni Award

Each year since 1965, the University of Minnesota has recognized a select group of faculty members for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. This honor is awarded to exceptional candidates nominated by colleges in their quest to identify excellence in undergraduate education. In addition to honoring individual faculty members, the award contributes to the improvement of undergraduate education at the University by publicizing their work to serve as a resource for the whole faculty.

The award, named for a former dean of General College, is made possible through generous support of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.

Talvin Wilks, Theatre Arts & Dance, College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities

Professor Talvin Wilks, an accomplished playwright, theatre director, and a dramaturg, brings these nationally-recognized professional credentials into his teaching and mentorship in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota. His strength in these multi-faceted areas of creativity and performance is what makes him an inspiring and compassionate team builder, thoughtful, and highly skilled master-teacher, a generous mentor, and an intrepid advocate for undergraduate students’ intellectual and artistic endeavors.

Congratulations to Talvin from all of us at UMTAD!