Colorado State's College Of Natural Sciences Honors Six For Teaching
Thursday, April 16, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Four faculty members and two graduate students
at Colorado State University have been honored for their work in
teaching and mentoring students in the College of Natural
Sciences.
Each will each receive a plaque and $500 stipend and will be
recognized at the college's spring convocation May 16.
Faculty Undergraduate Teaching Awards went to Brian Jones,
coordinator in the department of physics, and Steven Strauss,
professor of chemistry, for innovative teaching and superior
performance demonstrated in the classroom.
The Faculty Graduate Education Award was given to Thomas
Bennett, professor of psychology, for outstanding work in
teaching the methods and spirit of scholarly inquiry that form
the foundation of graduate education and for his work an advisor
and mentor.
Jennifer Nyborg, associate professor of biochemistry and
molecular biology, won the Faculty Award for Mentoring
Undergraduate Research for her efforts to get undergraduates to
participate in independent research, communicate their
discoveries and to make research fit undergraduate education.
Micah McCauley of the physics department and Paul Roback of
the statistics department earned Graduate Teaching Assistant
Awards for the high degree of professionalism shown in the
classroom.
The awards recognize efforts to help students realize their
full learning potential, to encourage students to set high
standards for scholarship, integrity and independence and to be
receptive to students' concerns. Award winners are recommended to
the dean by a panel that includes previous award winners drawn
from both faculty members and graduate students and an
undergraduate student council member.
This page © 1997-1998 World Wide Express, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Many news stories on RamLine.com come from the Colorado State University Public Relations Office. You can get copies of the news releases directly by filling out this form.