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Mona Sirbescu, right, works with student Kathleen McCabe in a geology lab.

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Outstanding Teaching Awards :: Archive

Each year the College of Science and Technology recognizes exceptional professors with the CST Award for Outstanding Teaching.

Professors receive the award based on three criteria: general teaching excellence, based in part on student evaluation and outcome assessment surveys; supervision of student research or internships; and development of new instructional methods or strategies that improve student learning.

2006 Outstanding Teaching Awards

Peter Vermeire

Peter Vermeire Associate Professor of Mathematics	An associate professor of mathematics, Vermeire teaches a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses with exceptional ability. Students agree he is well prepared, reasonable, and very generous with his time.
Math department chairman James Angelos says that Vermeire haas a special ability to take complicated ideas and make them easy for students to understand.
Vermeire has supervised several independent study and master's papers, and currently is supervising a Ph.D. student. Student comments include, "He's the best math teacher I have ever had," and "He connected concepts we were learning to other areas."

Mona Sirbescu

Mona Sirbescu Assistant Professor of Geology	An assistant professor of geology, Sirbescu has maintained rigorous, innovative courses that emphasize student learning and critical thinking. She has supervised six undergraduate research projects in geology, mentoring students to help them reach their maximum potential, including giving presentations at national conferences.
Sirbescu has co-advised graduate students from other departments in their interdisciplinary work. One of her nominators said, "Mona is an enthusiastic yet demanding teacher who constantly strives to find new ways to help her students learn. She expects a lot from students and does a tremendous job teaching them what they need to know."

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