University of Alberta: Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

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Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

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More than an apple for teaching excellence

In 2002, five University of Alberta professors were honoured with the Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Doug Owram, U of A Provost and Vice-President (Academic), recognizes the Rutherford Award, along with the Kaplan Award and the University Cup, as one of the University's top teaching accolades. Owram believes that the Rutherford Award "sends a signal to other faculty members and to students that teaching matters."

Original: ExpressNews

The purpose of the Rutherford Award is to recognize excellent teaching, to publicize such excellence to the University and the wider community, to encourage the pursuit of excellence in teaching, and to promote informed discussion of teaching and its improvement at the University of Alberta.

Below is a list of past recipients of this award.

2006
Claude Couture, Campus Saint-Jean
Gerda de Vries, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
John-Paul Himka, History and Classics
Arthur Mar, Chemistry
Al Meldrum, Physics
Scott North, Oncology

2005
David Kahane, Philosophy
Mazi Shirvani, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Uttandaraman Sundararaj, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Linda Trimble, Political Science
Roderick Wood, Law

2004
Tom Keating, Political Science
Laurie Mereu, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Amanda Montgomery, Elementary Education
Frank Robinson, Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
David Wilson, Mechanical Engineering

2003
Peter Blenis, Renewable Resources
Randolph (Randy) Currah, Biological Sciences
Bruce Heming, Biological Sciences
Bruce Stovel, English
Katherine J. Willson, Elementary Education

2002
Terry Daniel, School of Business
Lynn Gordon Calvert, Elementary Education
Shannon O'Byrne, Law
David Rayner, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Gail Amort-Larson, Occupational Therapy

2001
Walter Allegretto, Mathematical Sciences
Susan Gibson, Elementary Education
Florence Gobeil-Dwyer, Faculté Saint-Jean
K. Nandakumar, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Wo Sang Young, Mathematical Sciences

2000
John Beamish, Physics
Brenda Cameron, Nursing
David Cook, Pharmacology
Mick Price, Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Byron Schmuland, Mathematical Sciences

1999
Olenka Bilash, Secondary Education
Tom Chacko, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Jeffrey Goldberg, Biological Sciences
Anne Naeth, Renewable Resources
Heather Zwicker, English

1998
Erhan Erkut, Finance and Management Science
Jack Macki, Mathematical Sciences
Martin Palmer, Oncology
Sandy Rennie, Physical Therapy

1997
Bruce Allison, Mathematical Sciences
Dianne Chisholm, English
Jacob Masliyah, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Roberta McKay, Elementary Education
Robert Steadward, Physical Education and Recreation

1996
Gary Faulkner, Mechanical Engineering
Marg Iveson, Secondary Education
David Percy, Law
Peter Smy, Electrical Engineering
Anil Walji, Medicine

1995
Moira Juliebo, Elementary Education
John C. Vederas, Chemistry
Michael L. Wayman, Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering

1994
Michael Brett, Electrical Engineering
Mike Gibbins, Accounting
Roger Morton, Geology
Bruce Wilkinson, Economics
Linda Woodbridge, English

1993
Charles Beck, Psychology
Hugh Clifford, Zoology
Robert de Frece, Elementary Education
Andrew Liu, Mathematics
David Lynch, Chemical Engineering

1992
Anthony (Tony) Lau, Mathematics
Ted McClung, Chemistry
Michael Roeder, Music
Ronald Whitehouse, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Olive Yonge, Nursing

1991
Pat Demers, English
Brian Harris, Music
Anne Lambert, Clothing and Textiles
Gamila Morcos, Faculté Saint-Jean

1990
David Cass, Botany
Nancy Kerr, Clothing and Textiles
Joan Loomis, Physical Therapy
David L Tyrrell, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

1989
Franco Pasutto, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Josef Takats, Chemistry
Terry Davis, Nursing
William C. Taylor, Pediatrics

1988
James Forrest, English
Dorothy Harris, Physical Education and Sports Studies
Ray Rasmussen, Organizational Analysis
Bruce Ziff, Law

1987
Adolf Buse, Economics
Graham Fishburne, Elementary Education
Manfred Prokop, Germanic Languages
David Wangler, Educational Foundations

1986
Jeanette Boman, Nursing
Henry Kreisel, Comparative Literature
James Muldowney, Mathematics
Norman Yates, Art and Design

1985
Eugene Lechelt, Psychology
S.R. Munro, East Asian Languages and Literature
Rosemary Nielsen, Classics
R.A. Pendergast, Economics

1984
Jim Dunn, Business
Peggy-Anne Field, Nursing

1983
Christian Janssen, Business
Pierre Monod, Romance Languages
Fred Vermeulen, Electrical Engineering
Steve Willard, Mathematics

1982
Roger Beck, Marketing Economic Analysis, Business
John Kuspira, Genetics
Charles Stelck, Geology