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Wayland E. Noland and Robert L. Ferm Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards for the 2007-2008 Academic Year
It is with pleasure that I announce the winners of the Wayland E. Noland
and Robert L. Ferm Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards for the
2007-2008 Academic Year. First let me both acknowledge and thank Professor
Noland for making funds available for the Outstanding Organic TA Award, which
is being given for the first time. We were fortunate that many excellent
nominations were received but, unfortunately, funding only permitted one
of each award to be given. Therefore, five Honorable Mentions were given
in addition to the two Teaching Assistants named as recipients of the awards.
| The winner of the Wayland E. Noland Outstanding Graduate
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Susan Brown – One of Susan’s Chemistry 2311 students
wrote that, based on past experience, she “had concluded that chemistry
lab was boring and confusing – simply a hoop to jump through to
attain my degree. Susan changed all that.” The student went on
to comment “I now find myself missing lab and, gulp, chemistry.” Another
student comments “Susan was more than a great TA all semester.
She was extremely knowledgeable and her pre-lab discussions were very
clear and precise. I feel like she should be a model for other TAs.”
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| The winner of the Robert L. Ferm Outstanding Graduate
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Yu-Shen Lin – Yu-Shen served as a TA for Chem. 1021 during
both the fall and spring semesters. His students uniformly praised his
performance as a TA with comments such as “has been an exceptional
chemistry TA,” “knows how to interact with all of the students
and encourages everyone to do well,” “makes time more enjoyable,
encouraging students to think about topics in more depth,” and “his
enthusiasm makes me excited to do the labs.” His students also
gave him high marks for his ability to answer questions, his great
sense of humor and the timely help and feedback he provided.
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| Students receiving an Honorable Mention
for the Wayland E. Noland award are: |
| Erik Goebel (for Chem. 2311) |
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| Erick Leggans (for Chem. 2311) |
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| Students receiving an Honorable Mention
for the Robert L. Ferm Award are: |
| Lucas Fiedler (for Chem. 1021) |
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| Nicholas Frost (for Chem. 2111) |
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| Bo Wang (for Chem. 1021) |
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I hasten to add that these individuals also received many glowing
comments from their students and they as well as the other nominees
certainly reflect well on our department.
Please join me in congratulating the recipients of these awards
as well as those receiving honorable mention.
Professor Gary R. Gray
Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and Vice-Chair
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