The Robert Ellis Gilbert Endowed Award for Positive Impact in Teaching Fund is being established in spring 2025 to honor Dr. "Rob" Gilbert and his impact as an Associate Professor in the School for Community Health at Montclair State University for the past 45 years. Dr. Gilbert teaches sports psychology in the Kinesiology Department, where he has inspired students, alumni, parents, colleagues, fans, and friends through his classroom teaching, books, and "Success Hotline." Anyone can call his Success Hotline and listen to his 3-minute outgoing motivational message, where he has never missed a single day in 33 years! As of April 2025, he has left nearly 12,500 messages!
The Robert Ellis Gilbert Endowed Award for Positive Impact in Teaching will be awarded annually in the spring to a current faculty member who has positively impacted the lives of his students and the Montclair State University community over a significant period of his teaching career. This award honors a member of the MSU faculty who excels at teaching, inspiring, and mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate students. The honoree must demonstrate lasting dedication to ideals of higher education at Montclair State University and the highest standard of excellence, inspiring academic rigor, engagement, and intellectual curiosity. This award is meant to acknowledge a faculty member who demonstrates exemplary commitment to their students, is known for their passion for teaching, and inspires students, colleagues, and friends in similar ways. This award will be used to support the University and its programs that assist students.
Please join the many individuals who have been inspired by Dr. Gilbert as a teacher or through his success hotline and make a gift today!
Read more about Dr. Gilbert's Success Hotline.
