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Top Teachers and Advisors

LAS recognizes excellence in teaching and advising.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their excellence in teaching and advising in 2008. Their contributions are vital to maintaining LAS as a great college.

Academic Advising Award

• Carl Niekerk, Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures
• Gary Spezia, Academic Advisor, School of Integrative Biology

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate

• Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
• Evelyn W.M. Au, Psychology
• Ryan H. Blum, Speech Communication
• Melissa Dennison, Mathematics
• Eduardo Herrera, Latin American & Caribbean Studies
• Michael Rosenow, History

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff

• Andrew Moss, Instructor, English

Humanities Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Tara L. Lyons, Teaching Assistant, English
• Robert A. Rushing, Professor, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and Comparative World Literature

Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Rick Gorvett, Professor, Mathematics
• Carol Symes, Professor, History

April 2008