{"id":61582,"date":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-professor-named-carnegie-case-professor-of-year\/"},"modified":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"uri-professor-named-carnegie-case-professor-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/11\/uri-professor-named-carnegie-case-professor-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"URI professor named Carnegie, CASE Professor of Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 15, 2013 \u2013 University of Rhode Island Professor Cheryl Foster was named the 2013 Professor of the Year for Rhode Island by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Foster, a professor of philosophy and associate director of the URI Honors Program, received the award yesterday during ceremonies in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe U.S. Professors of the Year Program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country\u2014those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students, according to the Carnegie Foundation and CASE.<\/p>\n


\n\tThis is the second time this year that Foster has received a significant award in Washington. She was named a Kennedy Center\/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher in March, one of only seven teachers nationally to receive the award and one of only two university professors to be honored.<\/p>\n


\n\tA resident of Wakefield, R.I., Foster is the third URI professor to receive the Carnegie\/CASE award. Roger LeBrun, professor of entomology, was selected in 2001, and Scott Molloy, professor at URI\u2019s Schmidt Labor Research Center, was selected in 2004.<\/p>\n


\n\tFoster said the Sondheim award honors a professor\u2019s impact on an individual while the Carnegie\/CASE U.S. Professors of the Year program focuses on a professor\u2019s broader role in innovative teaching and scholarship.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI feel this award honors URI\u2019s commitment to teaching,\u201d Foster said. \u201cI am so proud to be in the company of Professors LeBrun and Molloy. Roger and Scott are great storytellers, and I believe we all share a love of using stories in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tShe said the three are also the first in their families to earn bachelor\u2019s degrees.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe understand the challenges faced by first-generation college students, and we are committed to our working-class roots,\u201d she said. \u201cWe identify with those students today.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tFoster said the award reinforces her commitment to teaching. She added that teaching is a long-term investment, and she cautioned against measuring teaching effectiveness entirely against short-term, outcome-based measures. \u201cI am not saying we don\u2019t need standards, but the results of effective teaching can present themselves long after a student leaves his or her school or college.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cFor me teaching is building relationships through subject matter,\u201d Foster said. \u201cIt\u2019s opening students\u2019 eyes to the tools they need to live a good life.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tFoster, who joined URI’s Philosophy Department in 1992, also has received the URI Foundation Teaching Excellence Award, American Philosophical Association\u2019s Teaching Award Citation, and the College of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. <\/p>\n


\n\tA Professor of the Year was recognized in 36 states. They are chosen on the basis of 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. <\/p>\n

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