Susan Robinson, associate professor of accounting in the School of Business Administration at Georgia Southwestern State University, is the 2015 recipient of the Professor of the Year Award. The honor was presented to her at the 2015 Spring Commencement on May 9 in the Student Success Center.

Developed in 1980, the award is sponsored by the Georgia Southwestern Alumni Association and covers the faculty member’s quality of classroom teaching and performance, dedication to the profession and his or her impact on students through the teaching and learning process.

The recipient is chosen by graduating seniors and is usually awarded during Spring Commencement.

Originally from Athens, Ga., Robinson joined the GSW faculty in 2009. She has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1978 and worked for public accounting firms from 1976 until 1990. She received her B.S. from North Georgia College in 1973 with a major in mathematics and minor in accounting. She then received her Master of Accountancy (MAcc) from the University of Georgia in 1975.

Robinson and her husband moved from New Orleans to Albany, Ga. in 1983. She worked for Mauldin and Jenkins, LLP, a regional CPA firm, from 1983 to 2009, where she served as a tax manager for many years before joining the faculty at GSW.

“I am both honored and humbled to have been chosen as the Professor of the Year. The award is especially meaningful because it originates with recommendations from students,” said Robinson. “I am very fortunate to be a part of the faculty at GSW and enjoy a second career that combines my interests in accounting and business with an opportunity to engage in educating the next generation of business professionals.”