UNM's CASTL ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

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April 30, 2004

UNM's CASTL ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

CASTL, the University of New Mexico's Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, presents awards for exceptional teaching at an award ceremony on Wednesday, May 5 from 2-4 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom C.

UNM President Louis Caldera will present the 2004-2006 Presidential Teaching Fellow to Christopher C. Mead, professor, School of Architecture and Planning.

Provost Brian Foster and Gary Smith, chair of the Teaching Enhancement Committee, will present the Outstanding Teaching of the Year award to two from the College of Education: Leonard R. Kravitz, associate professor, physical performance and development; and Elizabeth Keefe, educational specialties.

Foster and Smith will also present the Outstanding Adjunct Teacher/Lecture of the Year awards to Mary Anne Santos Newhall, Fine Arts, theatre and dance; John D. Benavidez, Anderson Schools of Management, marketing; and Stephen S. Alley, Arts & Sciences, psychology.

Teresita Aguilar, dean, Office of Graduate Studies, will present the Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year awards to Lillian Gorman, Spanish and Portuguese;

David Weiss, Communication and Journalism; Dan Breecker, Earth & Planetary Sciences; Michele Ferm, Foreign Languages and Literatures; Andrey Glubokov, Mathematics and Statistics; and Lori Ebert, Health Education.

Learn more about those awarded.

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