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Students honored three faculty members and six teaching assistants April 20
for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The winning faculty members of the
1999 Student Undergraduate Teaching Awards were Ashley Reid Barbour, English
professor; Daniel M. Huff, associate professor of education and music; and A.
Conrad Neumann, marine sciences professor.
The teaching assistants honored were: Lori Ann Elizabeth Brown, Romance
languages; Jennifer Ellen Coffman, African studies; Eli Jason Finkel,
psychology; Richard Patrick Haesly and Paul Wesley Posner, political science;
and Aaron James Wyman, biology.
Acting Provost Edward F. "Ned" Brooks and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Susan Kitchen recognized the winners at the annual Chancellor's Awards
ceremony. Each faculty member received $5,000 and each teaching assistant
$1,000.
The Student Undergraduate Teaching Awards are the only teaching awards
directed and funded by students. The awards were created in 1989 when students
voted to increase their fees to fund the awards.
Students submit nominations to an 18-member student awards selection
committee. Committee members visit finalists' classes unannounced, interview
students randomly and interview the finalists to choose the winners. This year,
the committee received about 70 nominations.
"These awards let students thank the professors and teaching assistants who
inspire, enlighten and motivate them," said Matt Van Hoose, a 1999 graduate
from Greensboro who co-chaired the selection committee. "It has been so
rewarding to hear other undergraduates talking about compelling experiences
they've had in the classroom, and it's even more gratifying to see the
reactions of professors when they're notified of these honors. It give them
inspiration to continue."
Van Hoose said the committee chooses recipients who: benefit students through
outstanding teaching; promote the value of undergraduate teaching by example;
demonstrate concern for each student through interaction and approachability
inside and outside the classroom; create meaningful learning experiences; and
maintain high expectations of students.
Barbour joined the faculty in 1988. He holds a bachelor's degree from Carolina
and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Rochester.
Huff joined the faculty in 1989. He received his doctorate in curriculum and
instruction and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
His bachelor's degree was from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Neumann joined the faculty in 1972. He researched the ancient reefs in the
limestone deposits of the United Kingdom in 1979. He received his doctorate in
geology at Lehigh University, a master's degree at Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical University and a bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College.
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