The Academic Affairs Committee of the Student Union recently presented awards for professors of the year, advisers of the year and teacher assistants of the year in the University's five undergraduate schools, based on nominations from students.
Professor of the Year Awards in Arts and Sciences went to Raymond E. Arvidson, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Nancy P. Pope, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of English and assistant dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; and James Patout Burns Jr., Ph.D., the Thomas and Alberta White Professor of Christian Thought in the Classics Department.
Other professors of the year are Jackson A. Nickerson, Ph.D., assistant professor of organization and strategy in the John M. Olin School of Business; William Mentor, lecturer in the School of Art; Bob Hansman, assistant professor of architecture; and Ruth Okamoto, D.Sc., assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Advisers of the year are Sara L. Johnson, J.D., associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences; Georgia Bennington, assistant dean in the School of Art; Gia Daskalakis, assistant professor of architecture and director of the undergraduate architecture program; and Jay R. Turner, D.Sc., associate professor of chemical engineering and assistant professor of engineering and policy.
Teacher assistants of the year are Sean Dingman, a doctoral graduate student in chemistry in Arts and Sciences; Wayne Adams, a graduate student in art; Jon Rooze, a bachelor of arts degree candidate with a major in architecture; and Victoria Winn, a master's degree candidate in civil engineering.
Additionally, the committee presented two Student Services of the Year Awards, which are given to the academic-related student services office or department that best serves students. The winners are the School of Engineering and Applied Science's Technical Writing Center and the John M. Olin School of Business Computer Lab.
