This week, the University of Alberta is celebrating several teaching excellence awards, a Killam award, a Chaudhuri Prize, and more! So, congrats to the following:
• Sarah Carter, Professor & Tory Chair, Department of History and Classics, Faculty of Arts - awarded the 2017 Chaudhuri Prize for her book: Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies
• Ryan Clements, Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Law - received the 2017 Pringle/Royal Sessional Teaching Excellence Award
• Lauren Degenstein, Student, Department of Human Ecology, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences - received a Telio Scholarship for her award-winning clothing design
• Laurie Eisler, Head Coach, Pandas Volleyball - inducted into the 2017 class of the City of Edmonton's Hall of Fame
• Gary Faulkner, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering - received the APEGA Centennial Leadership Award
• Cressida Heyes, Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts - received the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring
• Erin McCabe, PhD Student, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - received a fellowship award from the Canadian Hemophilia Society, as well as the Caregiver Award from the Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program
• Devidas Menon, Professor and Senior Advisor, Health Technology Policy Unit, School of Public Health - awarded the Dr. Jill M. Sanders Award of Excellence in Health Technology Assessment from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
• Roderick Wood, Professor and FR Matthews QC Professor of Business Law, Faculty of Law - received the 2017 Hon. Tevie H. Miller Teaching Excellence Award
Lastly, congratulations to all of the award recipients at the Faculty of Engineering's annual Engineering Teaching Awards!
P.S. Check out how we're doing at the Corporate Challenge and see which sports our colleagues need you to cheer them on in for week two of the event!
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