April 23, 2008 — The University of Virginia honored its top teachers April 23 at the University-wide Teaching Awards Banquet, held in the Rotunda Dome Room.
In congratulating those to be honored, University President John T. Casteen III wrote, "It is commonly acknowledged that to transmit knowledge is to influence eternity. Those who learn from us in turn will teach. In the transmission of knowledge, generations are woven into an historical fabric that connects us all. To teach is also to make order out of disorder. A teacher confronts confusion and creates understanding. The act of turning incomprehension into knowledge, transforming inability into skill, filling a moral vacuum with ethical sense is profoundly creative."
A listing of those to be honored, with excerpts from comments about their impact on students, follows.
UVA Today Slide Show: In Celebration of Teaching
Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professorship
Trenton Merricks, Philosophy
Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professorship
Deborah Parker, Italian
Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award
W. Dean Harman, Chemistry
Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award
John Quale, Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Study Abroad Teaching Award
Fred Diehl, Biology
Study Abroad Teaching Award
Janet Horne, French & History
Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Awards
Marva Barnett, Teaching Resource Center (French)
ALL-UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
Richard Crozier, Art
Kirk Martini, Architecture
Valentina (Tina) Brashers, Nursing
David Evans, Computer Science
Robert R. Jones Jr., Physics
Roger D. Martin, Commerce
Dr. Joel W. Hockensmith, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Caleb Nelson, Law
Carol Tomlinson, Education
ALL-UNIVERSITY OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARDS
Lorena Bociu, Mathematics
Richard H. Gibson, English
Kathryn Paige Harden, Psychology
RESIDENT TEACHING AWARD
Ramesh Singh, M.D., Department of Surgery
UNIVERSITY TEACHING FELLOWS
Hanadi al-Samman, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Reid Bailey, Systems and Information Engineering
Sheila Crane, Architectural History
Stephan de Wekker, Environmental Sciences
Avik Ghosh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carmenita D. Higginbotham, Art and American Studies
Josipa Roksa, Sociology
In congratulating those to be honored, University President John T. Casteen III wrote, "It is commonly acknowledged that to transmit knowledge is to influence eternity. Those who learn from us in turn will teach. In the transmission of knowledge, generations are woven into an historical fabric that connects us all. To teach is also to make order out of disorder. A teacher confronts confusion and creates understanding. The act of turning incomprehension into knowledge, transforming inability into skill, filling a moral vacuum with ethical sense is profoundly creative."
A listing of those to be honored, with excerpts from comments about their impact on students, follows.
UVA Today Slide Show: In Celebration of TeachingCavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professorship
Trenton Merricks, Philosophy
Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professorship
Deborah Parker, Italian
Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award
W. Dean Harman, Chemistry
Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award
John Quale, Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Study Abroad Teaching Award
Fred Diehl, Biology
Study Abroad Teaching Award
Janet Horne, French & History
Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Awards
Marva Barnett, Teaching Resource Center (French)
ALL-UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
Richard Crozier, Art
Kirk Martini, Architecture
Valentina (Tina) Brashers, Nursing
David Evans, Computer Science
Robert R. Jones Jr., Physics
Roger D. Martin, Commerce
Dr. Joel W. Hockensmith, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Caleb Nelson, Law
Carol Tomlinson, Education
ALL-UNIVERSITY OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARDS
Lorena Bociu, Mathematics
Richard H. Gibson, English
Kathryn Paige Harden, Psychology
RESIDENT TEACHING AWARD
Ramesh Singh, M.D., Department of Surgery
UNIVERSITY TEACHING FELLOWS
Hanadi al-Samman, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Reid Bailey, Systems and Information Engineering
Sheila Crane, Architectural History
Stephan de Wekker, Environmental Sciences
Avik Ghosh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carmenita D. Higginbotham, Art and American Studies
Josipa Roksa, Sociology
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