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GRADUATE STUDENTS HONORED
FOR TEACHING
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dale
Kinney reports that Doris Sill Carland Awards for Excellence
in Teaching were awarded to three teaching assistants
in mathematics, psychology, and history of art. Each
graduate student so honored received a check for $1,000
and will be recognized by President Nancy J. Vickers
at Commencement on May 16. The awards are named after
Doris Sill Carland, who served as administrative assistant
in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for 50 years,
from 1930 to 1980. She befriended and was loved by many
graduate students for her humor and special kindnesses,
including loaning a particular lucky talisman to students
writing prelims. The Prize for Outstanding Teaching
was named for her by Dean Catherine Lafarge in 1987.
Laura Hall was honored for her work in Abstract Algebra
2 (sem. II, 2003) and Introduction to Real Analysis
(sem. I, 2003). Undergraduate students praised Laura
for her patience, the clarity of her explanations and
her ability to guide them to finding solutions rather
than solving problems for them. More than one student
called her "the best T.A. I ever had", and one
wrote that "I always left her session feeling good
about myself and smart [even if] I arrived ... loathing
math and wishing I wasn't a major."
Deanna Hamilton won the award on the basis of her assistance
in Experimental Psychology (sem. II, 2002) and Educational
Psychology (sem. I, 2003). Students appreciated Deanna
for her mastery of the subject matter and her contagious
enthusiasm for it, her facilitation of class discussion
and her general helpfulness. One student summed up Deanna's
attitude by saying, "she knows that we're real
people and not just students."
A third award went to Michael Jay McClure, the T.A. for
"Introduction to Narrative Cinema" (sem. I,
2003). Praised for his ability to make discussions "fun,
interesting and enjoyable" while posing "probing,
very philosophical questions" that "make you
want to think for yourself." Michael Jay was also
described as intelligent, "absolutely hilarious"
and "just plain awesome."
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