USU's Lyle McNeal to be Honored Nov. 29

A public ceremony to honor Lyle McNeal as Utah’s Carnegie Professor of the Year is Thursday, Nov. 29, from 3-5 p.m. in USU’s Haight Alumni Center, at approximately 600 N. 800 East on campus. The public is invited.

Former USU Carnegie Professors of the Year are: Bonnie Glass-Coffin, anthropology; Jan Sojka, physics; David Lancy, anthropology; Mark Damen, history; Sonia Manuel-Dupont, English; Ted Alsop, geography and earth resources; and Frances Titchener, history.

 

The U.S. Professors of the Year Award Program was created in 1981 to increase awareness of the importance of undergraduate instruction at all types of higher education institutions. The program recognizes faculty members for their achievement as undergraduate professors.

Both national and state winners are chosen on the basis of their extraordinary dedication to undergraduate teaching, determined by excellence in the following four areas: impact on and involvement with undergraduate students; scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contributions to undergraduate education in the institution, community and profession; and support from colleagues and current and former undergraduate students.

 

Contacts: Ann Berghout Austin [ann.austin@usu.edu], 435-797-1527; Maren Cartwright [maren.cartwright@usu.edu], 435-797-1355

Writer: Tim Vitale [tim.vitale@usu.edu], 435-797-1356