Dunnagan and Jaiswal Receive Innovation Awards

Lindsey Dunnagan, assistant professor of art, and Chetan Jaiswal, associate professor of computer science, each earned the Fall 2021 Academic Innovation Award.

Dunnagan was recognized for “Pattern into Product: Drawing Skills Lead to Entrepreneurship Opportunities.” This project allowed students to combine their drawing skills with product development. Using drawings based on a theme of their choice and color scheme, students in Dunnagan’s observational drawing class turned their artwork into fabric patterns that could be purchased from an online supplier, Spoonflower.

Jaiswal was recognized for his course, “CS 484: Advanced Java Programming Language.” This newly designed topics course focused on industry and employability of computer science students at Truman. Jaiswal designed the course from scratch with three fundamental pillars of learning: project-based learning; teaching by example; and hands-on learning experience.