Each spring, Weatherhead School of Management, a private business school of Case Western Reserve University, recognizes faculty members who have been selected for an award, as exemplars in each of the areas of the profession: research, teaching and service. Among those honored for 2023 is former Malad resident Jenny Rae Hawkins. 

The undergraduate teaching award committee recognized one faculty member for the Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award. The recipient is Jenny Hawkins, associate dean for undergraduate and integrated studies, and assistant professor of economics.

Dr. Hawkins received her Ph.D. in Economics from The University of Arizona and her B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Idaho State University. She began her appointment at the Weatherhead School of Management in 2014. She is the daughter of Joan Hawkins and the late Dale B. Hawkins.