Provost Names Grad Teaching Fellows

PROVOST RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATES

     COLUMBUS -- Five graduate students at The Ohio State
University have been named the first recipients of the Provost's
Teaching Fellowship.  Richard Sisson, senior vice president for
academic affairs and provost, has created the new program to
recognize and enhance teaching skills among the university's
graduate teaching associates.

     The award winners were announced during the annual Graduate
School Awards reception on June 2.  They were chosen from among
the winners of the Graduate Associate Teaching Awards by a
committee composed of members of the Academy of Teaching.  The
Academy of Teaching is an organization of faculty members who
provide leadership in enhancing teaching at the university.  Its
members all have received the Alumni Award for Distinguished
Teaching, Ohio State's top recognition for outstanding teaching.

     To qualify for the new Provost's Teaching Fellowship,
candidates must have a commitment for a teaching associate
position in their department for the following academic year.
Each is an advanced graduate student working toward a Ph.D.
degree and has demonstrated excellence in teaching.

     During the summer following the award, the Provost's
Teaching Fellows will be matched with members of the Academy of
Teaching, who will serve as mentors in developing innovative,
high quality teaching approaches and techniques to be used in the
fellows' classes during the coming academic year.

     Fellows will receive a stipend for the summer, equal to
their stipend during a regular academic quarter.  The faculty
mentor's department will receive $2,000 to enhance teaching
programs in the department.

     The winners of the fellowship and their mentors are:

     =FE Terrell L. Childers, Department of Psychology
       Mentors: Elizabeth A. Stasny and William I Notz,
         Department of Statistics.

     =FE Robert R. Cooperman, Department of English
       Mentor: David J. Citino, Department of English.

     =FE Christina M. McDougall, Department of Linguistics
       Mentor: Josina M. Makau, Department of Communication.

     =FE Jerome R. Mescher, Department of Educational Theory
         and Practice
       Mentor: Gerald M. Reagan, Department of Educational
         Theory and Practice.

     =FE Anthony C. Nance, Department of Mathematics
       Mentor: L. Alayne Parson, Department of Mathematics.

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Contact: Robert Arnold, vice provost, (614) 292-5881.


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