Clyde Connor, M.M., Adjunct Lecturer (left photo) and José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music Business and Entrepreneurship (right photo), School of Music, College of the Arts, were awarded Outstanding Teaching Awards for the Global Genius Music Competition. This award is given to the teachers of gold prize winners of whom their student, Derris Lee, M.M. in Percussion Studies major and Graduate Assistant of Music Business and Entrepreneurship, won in three categories.