Ryan McKelley receives 2025 Eagle Teaching Excellence Award

Posted 8 a.m. Thursday , June 5 , 2025

Ryan McKelley receives 2025 Eagle Teaching Excellence Award

UW-La Crosse is home to many outstanding instructors who make a difference in students' lives inside and outside the classroom.

This year, UWL's Provost Office received hundreds of nominations from students hoping to recognize their favorite faculty. From these nominations, a university committee selected six faculty to receive 2025 Eagle Teaching Excellence Awards.

They are:

This is the fourth of six stories highlighting the winners.

Ryan McKelley, Psychology

Started at UWL: 2008

Courses: Psychology Department, mostly courses in clinical/counseling psychology (e.g., abnormal psychology, psychopharmacology, behavior modification, men and masculinities, group counseling, etc.)

Background: I was a management consultant in the tech industry, then went to grad school to become a licensed psychologist.

Favorite part of teaching: There is a Benjamin Disraeli quote that says it better than I can: "The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to them their own." I love hearing how students connect what they are learning to their lives, and to play a small part in such an exciting and important life transition.