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Cynthia St.

It’s nearly impossible to draft a job description that adequately portrays what Elaine Franks does at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC).

Mining the expertise at the UW has allowed the Program on the Environment (PoE) to generate as many bachelor’s degrees, about 50 each year, as some departments do, all without having any faculty of its own.

Michelle Williams says she created the Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT) Program to “allow minority students to have an international experience, something I didn’t have until I was a graduate student.

You know you’ve come to a challenging work environment when, shortly after you arrive, resignations leave you with a skeleton staff of strangers and you have to put yourself on the payroll because no one else knows how.

Students seem to respond to environments that are relaxed and open, where they can pitch out ideas without fear that their peers will think less of them, according to Alex Coverdill, doctoral student in biology and one of this year’s Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.

As strange as it seems, being a poor dance student has made Jerusha Achterberg a better classroom teacher.

When Matt Sparke was growing up in England he took an exam administered to many 11-year-olds to measure their problem-solving and reasoning skills — basically an intelligence test.

Terry Swanson firmly believes a key to his teaching success is making classes intimate.

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Doug Black didn’t set out to earn one of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching awards; he didn’t even set out to have an academic career.

Now well into his third decade of service at the UW, Lauro Flores, professor and chair in the Department of American Ethnic Studies, is a consummate teacher and a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion.

For many, David Goldstein is a natural choice as recipient of a 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award.

You could say teaching is in Crispin Thurlow’s blood.

Long before the National Security Agency began eavesdropping on the phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors.

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The music of an opera, a symphony, a wind ensemble, a percussion ensemble featuring marimbas and vocal performances by jazz groups and chamber singers are among offerings coming shortly from the UW School of Music.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

By Elizabeth Fischtzuir
UW Bothell
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Jill Carnell Danseco
UW Tacoma

UW Bothell will be honoring Suzanne Sikma as the 2007 Worthington Faculty Scholarship Award recipient, while UW Tacoma has named Anthony D’Costa the winner of the 2007 Distinguished Research Award.

Career development and growth here at the UW can mean promotions or transfers, or just finding new inspiration in the position you already have.

By Sibrina N.