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The University's 1999 Master Teacher is Steven Rogelberg, psychologyRogelberg became the 18th recipient of the prestigious award at the Faculty Recognition Dinner on Oct. 13. He was chosen from among five finalists for the honor, which is given yearly by the Student Alumni Association and includes a $1,000 cash award. Rogelberg wasn't the only faculty member to receive special recognition at the 11th annual dinner. Also presented with awards were:
Both Browne and Chapin were notified of their honors in May, and each received $1,000. In Browne's case, another $4,000 was transferred to an economics department account for continued support of undergraduate student research. At Chapin's request, an extra $1,000 was given to a technology systems department account to help with the purchase of a digital camera for use in building a photo archive of construction management advisees. As announced last spring, the Young Scholar Award was presented to Jodi Haney, educational teaching and learning, and service awards went to 45 faculty who have completed 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years at the University. Two recent retirees‹Stephen Skomp, finance, and Ruth Wilson, intervention services‹were honored as well. In addition to excellence in teaching, the Master Teacher Award recognizes a caring attitude toward students‹a trait of Rogelberg's that was cited by a student nominator. She added that "his persistence in upholding high educational standards coupled with his fluid ability to facilitate the learning process has inspired me to nominate him for this award." Adding their support were students in an undergraduate statistics class taught by Rogelberg. Each of them signed a letter, excerpted here, to his department chair: "Throughout the course of our Psychology 270 class, Dr. Rogelberg has given us, his students, 100 percent effort 100 percent of the time. He honestly cares about our success Š each lecture is filled with multi-media learning, opportunities to practice the otherwise confusing tasks involved in statistics, humor, and a general sense of enjoying class time." A faculty member since 1994, Rogelberg has also been director of the Institute for Psychological Research and Application since July 1998. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Tufts University in 1989 and master's and doctoral degrees in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1991 and 1994, respectively. The Olscamp Research Award goes to faculty for outstanding scholarly or creative accomplishments during the previous three-year period. The latter criteria applied for Beerman, a composer, clarinetist, computer music programmer and video artist. In 1997, for instance, he collaborated with electrical engineer Edwin Severinghaus to create the second-generation BodySynth, a wireless sensor suit that allows a dancer to move freely while the movements are communicated directly to a computer composing music. Beerman's video opera, "Jesus' Daughter," was presented in 1997 in Switzerland, Italy and the U.S., and featured on CNN's Headline News and The World Today. The presentation was endorsed by UNESCO and sponsored by the United Nations. Beerman has been at Bowling Green since 1970. He received his bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1966 and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan in 1968 and 1971, respectively. Recognizing continuing, outstanding service to the University, the Distinguished Service Award is presented by Faculty Senate, which Adams has served in various ways during her 20 years at BGSU. Most recently, she was senate secretary for two years and has been a member of its budget, executive and academic affairs committees. She is chair of the latter committee. Adams, whose master's and doctoral degrees are both from the University, has also served in a number of positions at the departmental and college levels. Her professional service includes work with the Ohio Academy of Sciences and the Ohio Association of Blood Banks, which honored her in 1988 with its Distinguished Service Award. Adams earned her bachelor's degree in medical technology from Indiana State University in 1965. Her advanced degrees from BGSU came in 1975 and 1979. Named for a chemistry faculty member who died in 1997, the Blinn Award recognizes innovative basic research/creative work conducted by individual faculty in collaboration with undergraduate students. Browne, this year's recipient, is also a former Master Teacher. He received that honor in 1989, the same year he was named CASE Ohio Professor of the Year and the University's first Distinguished Teaching Professor. Last year, Browne was keynote speaker at an International Conference on Critical Thinking in the Philippines, and winner of the Holmes-Cardozo Award for Research Excellence. That award is given by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Browne received his bachelor's degree in economics and history from the University of Houston in 1965. His doctoral degree in economics is from the University of Texas, and he added a law degree from the University of Toledo in 1981. To recognize faculty who excel at putting students first, President Sidney Ribeau created both the Blinn Award and the advising award which went to Chapin. Chapin has advised roughly 50 undergraduate technology students per year for most of the 10 years since he became a faculty member. Graduate students have also been among his advisees during that time. After earning his bachelor's degree from Purdue University in 1972, Chapin was a construction contractor for 15 years. He returned to Purdue in 1988 and received a master's degree the following year. 99-08-23 monitor@bgnet.bgsu.edu / Disclaimer |
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