In serving as developer or instructor of record for over 45 courses on campus, the college Coordinator of Student Development, Chair of the Campus Teaching Effectiveness Committee, and by peer mentoring to facilitate adoption of state-of-the-art pedagogies, Dr. Don Mulvaney’s impact on teaching is far-reaching. His passion for teaching and learning through student research contributed to the creation of the Southern Section UG research paper competition. From active learning classrooms to curricula development, continual improvement via course redesign, extracurricular and experiential state-of-the-art teaching, mentoring, and adaptive pedagogies, to outreach-oriented leadership and livestock educational programming, and pursuit of scholarship in teaching and learning, Don has positively impacted thousands of students and stakeholders by empowering them to thrive and succeed in life. Dr. Don Mulvaney is an appropriate recipient of the American Society of Animal Science Distinguished Teacher Award.