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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.

2008 Outstanding Teaching Awards

Elizabeth Alm

Elizabeth Alm
Professor of Biology

Elizabeth Alm, professor of biology, is an enthusiastic teacher of microbiology. She is known for using innovative approaches to make sometimes difficult information understandable, and conveys the importance of microbes to people.

Dr. Alm works closely with upper-level students to teach laboratory skills and has mentored dozens of research students, most of whom present or publish their work.

Tracy Galarowicz

Biology assistant professor Tracy Galarowicz, right, and a graduate student use image analysis software to examine and determine the age of fish scales.

Tracy Galarowicz, assistant professor of biology, teaches a variety of courses in fisheries, ecology, and conservation. She inspires student learning using creative and innovative techniques, and students uniformly speak highly of her teaching effectiveness and enthusiasm.

Dr. Galarowicz has supervised undergraduate and graduate research students, several of whom received grants and presented or published their results.

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Click here to read about the 2009 award recipients.

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