Tim O. Peterson, associate dean and professor of management for the College of Business, received the 2011 Outstanding Educator Award at the 38th annual meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines held March 9-12 in Houston.

Peterson’s teaching interests are leadership, teamwork and work/life competencies. Prior to joining NDSU, he was the director of Undergraduate Learning Assurance at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He also has held positions at Oklahoma State University, University of Tulsa and the United States Air Force Academy.

In 2006, he was named a Master Teacher by AACSB International -The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. In 2004 and 2005, he received the Chandler-Frates & Reitz Teaching Excellence Award in the master of business administration program at Oklahoma State University.

The Federation of Business Disciplines is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization founded in 1973. It has developed into one of the largest, most prestigious annual meetings for those disciplines common to business administration and has both national and international constituencies of more than 1,000 college faculty from schools of business attending its annual meetings.