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2001 Honors: Campuswide honors

Fourteen UI faculty members, one academic professional and five teaching assistants were honored for excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate students April 30 at the annual UI Instructional Awards Banquet.

Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
The teaching assistants and four professors received the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the principal award for under-graduate instruction at the UI.
The award recognizes professors and graduate teaching assistants who display consistently excellent performance in the classroom, take innovative approaches to teaching, affect the lives of their students, and make other contributions to improved instruction, including influencing the curriculum.
Faculty winners of the award are Stephanie Foote, English; John A. Lynn, history; Roderick MacLeod, cell and structural biology; and Adam T. Martinsek, statistics.
Graduate teaching assistants who received the award are Kristine Baxter Bauer, mathematics; Andrew C. Helms, economics; Stephanie M. Hilger, comparative literature; Elizabeth T. Klett, English; and Jon D. Perkins, accountancy.
Faculty members who are selected for the award receive $5,000 and a $3,000 raise; graduate teaching assistants receive $3,500 and a $1,000 increase in their stipends.

Distinguished Teacher/Scholars
Philip Buriak, professor of agricultural engineering; and Joseph Squier, professor of art and design; were recognized as the campus's Distinguished Teacher/Scholars. The honorees will hold the title through their time at the UI and during the past year utilized their skills to mentor other faculty members.

Excellence in Advising Undergraduate Students
E. Graham Evans Jr., professor of mathematics, and Phyllis Vanlandingham, academic adviser in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, were honored for excellence in advising undergraduate students. Each receives $2,000.

Excellence in Off-Campus Teaching
Michael J. Hutjens, professor of animal sciences, and James A. Levin, professor of educational psychology, received the Campus Award for Excellence in Off-Campus Teaching. Hutjens and Levin each receives $4,000, and their departments will be provided with $1,000 to improve off-campus instruction and develop programs.

Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research
Arlette Ingram Willis, professor of curriculum and instruction, received the Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research, a $2,000 award designed to foster and reward excellence in involving and guiding undergraduate students in scholarly research.

Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction
Lori Humphrey Newcomb, professor of English, uses a number of techniques to bring her Shakespeare and Renaissance literature classes to life. Her methods engage and motivate students and have been used to teach other teachers. Newcomb will receive $2,000.

Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching
Weng Cho Chew, professor of electrical and computer engineering, Lawrence M. DeBrock, professor of economics, and Sandra Manfra Marretta, professor of veterinary clinical medicine, received the Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching, which is designed to reward faculty members in professional or graduate programs who normally wouldn’t have an opportunity to compete for undergraduate teaching awards. Each receives $5,000 and a $3,000 raise.