Celebration of Teaching

An event to honor winners of university- or school-based teaching awards and Teaching Certificate graduates

April 30, 2008
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Calhoun Hall Portico

This event has already happened and remains on the website for archival purposes. Information on the next Celebration of Teaching will be posted in Spring 2009.

Please join us for this event as the Vanderbilt community celebrates the part of our culture that practices, values, and rewards university teaching and learning as vital forms of scholarship.

The Celebration of Teaching event will pay particular honor to two groups: those who have won university- or school-based teaching awards in the past year, and the graduates from the Center for Teaching's Teaching Certificate program.

Photo: Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education, Dennis Hall provides remarks at the 2007 Celebration of Teaching prior to the awarding of the Teaching Certificates.

PROGRAM

4:30pm - 5:00pm
Wine and Hors d'oeuvres
~ Music provided by Blair School of Music student string quartet

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Opening Remarks
~ Timothy McNamara, Associate Provost for Faculty

Celebrating Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt
~ Allison Pingree, Director, Center for Teaching

Reflections on Teaching
~ Graduates of the Teaching Certificate program
- Rachel Nisselson
- Timothy Troyer

Awarding of the Teaching Certificates
~ Dennis Hall, Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education

2008 Teaching Certificate Graduates

Holly Algood, Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases

Katherine Fusco, Graduate Student, English

Brandon Lute, Graduate Student, Neuroscience

Rachel Nisselson, Graduate Student, French & Italian

Gladys Robalino, Graduate Student, Spanish & Portugese

Kylee Spencer, Post-Doc, Center for Human Genetics Research

Leah Spradley, Graduate Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Timothy Troyer, Graduate Student, Chemistry

2007-08 Teaching Award Winners

University-wide

Chancellor’s Cup
Molly Miller, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching
James A. Lovensheimer, Musicology

Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished Professor Award
David Wood, Philosophy

Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Stephen G. Buckles, Economics

College of Arts and Science

Alumni Outstanding Freshman Advisor Award
Kenneth Schriver, Physics and Astronomy

Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Stephen Buckles, Economics

Ernest A. Jones Faculty Advisor Award
Lorraine Lopez, English

Harriet S. Gilliam Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer
Linda Hutchison, Mathematics

Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Humanities – Christoph Zeller, Germanic adn Slavic Languages
Social Sciences – Marc Hetherington, Political Science
Natural Sciences – Shane Hutson, Physics and Astronomy

Outstanding Graduate Mentoring Award
Edward Friedman, Spanish

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Leah Marcus, English

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Casey Leonetti, Mathematics
Heather Talley, Sociology

School of Engineering

Award for Excellence in Teaching
Amrutur V. Anilkumar, Mechanical Engineering

School of Medicine

Elaine Sanders-Bush Award for Excellence in Teaching
Nancy Brown, Clinical Pharmacology

F. Peter Guengerich Award for Excellence in Teaching (Research Setting)
John C. Gore, Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Bio Medical Engineering, Physics, and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Frank H. Boehm Award for Contributions to Continuing Medical Education
Gerald Hickson, Clinical Affairs

Frank H. Boehm Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jim Pichert, Medical Education and Administration

Gerald S. Gotterer Award for Innovation in Educational Programming
Charles Coffey, Medical Physics

John S. Sergent Award for Excellence in Teaching (Small Group Setting)
Ban Mishu Allos, Infectious Diseases

R. Michael Rodriguez Award for Excellence in Teaching (Clinical Setting)
Satish R. Raj, Clinical Pharmacology
Jeffery B. Dattilo, Surgery

Robert D. Collins Award for Excellence in Teaching (Lecture Setting)
William Schaffner, Infectious Diseases

School of Nursing

Excellence in Teaching Award (Teaching in a lecture or small group setting)
Terri Donaldson, Nursing

Excellence in Teaching Award (Teaching in a clinical setting)
Leslie Coleman, Nursing

Excellence in Teaching Award (Educational innovation)
Julie Rosof-Williams, Pediatrics

Owen Graduate School of Management

Executive M.B.A. Award for Teaching Excellence
Luke Froeb, Management

James A. Webb Award for Excellence in Teaching
Tim Vogus, Management

Law School

Hall-Hartman Outstanding Professor Award
Jon Bruce (1L-A)
James Ely (1L-B)
Jeffrey Schoenblum (2L-3L)

For more information on the Teaching Certificate program, go to the program description.

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