This year, Cairn University is pleased to congratulate Dr. Debbie L. Wolf, the School of Music’s Chair of Music Education, on being selected as the 2025 Faculty Member of the Year.
This award recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies the ideals of Christian scholarship and service that define the Cairn academic community. The selection is based on several criteria:
- Extraordinary professional contribution,
- Skillful and integrative educational contribution,
- Meaningful investment in students, and
- Collegiality and support within the academic community.
Over the course of her career at Cairn—beginning in 1989—Dr. Wolf has been recognized for her remarkable dedication to the University’s mission and to the students. Through national and international presentations, contributions to an ISME publication, service with the PMEA, and her leadership as chief reader for the PRAXIS Music Tests at ETS, she has brought distinction to her field and to Cairn. Dr. Wolf’s classroom teaching—spanning from private piano instruction to music education courses—is marked by creativity, rigor, and biblical integration.
Dr. Wolf also generously extends this expertise beyond the University through the Cairn Community Arts Academy. Her investment in students is deeply personal and formative, helping shape not just their musicianship but their character and faith. Finally, as Chair of Music Education, she models collegiality and leadership that is both gracious and wise, contributing significantly to the life of the faculty as a whole.
Congratulations, Dr. Wolf!
