May 31, 1995 Contact: Francine Tyler (408/459-2495)

UCSC HONORS FIVE FACULTY MEMBERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--An Academic Senate committee at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has selected the recipients of the 1994- 95 Excellence in Teaching Awards. The Committee on Teaching chose a total of five professors and lecturers from nominees submitted by UCSC students and faculty.

The awards are meant to emphasize UCSC's commitment to excellence in teaching and encourage faculty to assess the effectiveness of their efforts inside the classroom regularly. They are considered an important act of peer recognition for professors and lecturers whose work as instructors is exemplary and inspiring.

The awards, which include a framed certificate and $500 in professional development funds, were presented today (May 31, 1995) at the final meeting of the year of UCSC's Academic Senate. A reception to honor the recipients took place after the meeting.

The names of this year's recipients follow below, along with the wording that appears on their certificates.

-- Troy Boone (lecturer in literature) for passionate dedication to the study and teaching of literature, meticulous attention to the craft of writing, and genuine devotion to students' well-being within and beyond the classroom.

-- Dan Doak (assistant professor of environmental studies) for remarkable breadth and versatility in teaching disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses at all levels in environmental studies and for motivating students to embrace and appreciate the complexity, sophistication, beauty, and sheer fun of natural science inquiry.

-- Anatole Leikin (assistant professor of music) for serving as an inspiration and mentor to music students and as a model for junior and senior faculty alike through effective, engaging, insightful instruction, and sincere dedication to students both inside and outside the classroom.

-- Marta Navarro (lecturer in Spanish) for creative, effective incorporation of culture in each stage of language training, for dedication to students and learning, and for commitment to establishing ties between the university and the community.

-- Bakthan Singaram (assistant professor of chemistry) for a teaching philosophy that seeks out and encourages the positive while challenging and feeding students' intellects and imaginations, for a classroom atmosphere that inspires academic excellence, and for the respect and dignity shown to students.

(This release is also available on UC NewsWire, the University of California's electronic news service. To access by modem, dial 1- 209-244-6971).

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