UNM's Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning (CASTL) hosts their annual teaching awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. in SUB Ballroom C.
Members of the Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee and previous award winners selected those to be honored. Previous award winners will also be recognized.
UNM President Louis Caldera will present Timothy Moy, associate professor, history, with the Presidential Teaching Fellow award, 2005-07.
Nick Flor, assistant professor, marketing information/decision sciences, ASM, and Anita Obermeier, associate professor, English, will receive the Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2004-05. Acting Provost Reed Dasenbrock and Gary Smith, chair, Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee, will present the awards to Flor and Obermeier.
Smith and Dasenbrock will also present awards to Robert Busch, lecturer III, chemical and nuclear engineering; Kathryn Dimiduk, lecturer III, physics and astronomy; Margaret MacTavish, lecturer II, early childhood education, Taos Branch; and Bruce A. Noll, lecturer III, educational leadership and organizational learning, College of Education. They will receive the Outstanding Adjunct Teacher/Lecturer of the Year awards, 2004-05.
Jocelyn H. DeHaas, anthropology; Elisa Grimm, physical performance and development, College of Education; Lisa Ragsdale, English; Elizabeth Root, communication and journalism and CASTL; Qin Zhang, communication and journalism, will receive the Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year award, 2004-05. Teresita Aguilar, dean, Office of Graduate Studies, will present these awards.
"As the new director of CASTL, it has been my pleasure to be involved in the teaching awards process this spring. Reading the nominations and packets that were carefully prepared by all our applicants reminds me why we're here: We saw over and over again evidence supporting the quality of teaching on our campus. Our role at CASTL is to promote and encourage the best teaching possible to improve student learning. The recipients of today's awards are indeed among the best at UNM and should feel especially honored that they were selected by their colleagues," said Caitlin Anderson, CASTL director.
The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided following the award presentations.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920