In recognition of superior performance in the classroom, Dr. Robert “the beast of economics” Hazel has been selected for the department’s Walter Johnson Faculty excellence Award for Teaching.  Professor Hazel teaches with great enthusiasm and compassion for students and developed a strong following among our majors.  In the last two years, Dr. Hazel has taught Honors Principles of Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Law and Economics and has developed two new course offerings, Financial Economics and Economics in the Digital Era.  Students regularly praise his course offerings as their best educational experience at Mizzou; so from all of us: thank you Professor Hazel!