UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 6 | Jun. 3, 2004

Dynamic Teaching Earns Faculty Killam Awards

There are three rules in Dr. Bob’s classroom, says one student of music professor Robert Pritchard. 1) Don’t Panic; 2) Stay with the tour; and 3) If you don’t understand, it’s the teacher’s fault!

Pritchard’s creative approach earned him one of 22 Killam Teaching Prizes, awarded to faculty members during Spring Congregation ceremonies.

Other winners include Education Prof. Pat Mirenda, North America’s leading authority on autism, and Botany Prof. Jennifer Klenz, an expert on plant and drosophila (fruit fly) genetics.

Killam winners are selected by their faculties based on recommendations from students and colleagues. Each receives $5,000 from university endowment sources. Recipients are distinguished by their creativity, commitment and dynamic approach to learning.

Other Killam Teaching Prize recipients for 2004 are:

• Prof. Geoffrey Herring, Chemistry Dept.
• Prof. Michael Ward, Mathematics Dept.
• Senior Instructor Judy Brown, English Dept.
• Prof. Anthony Dawson, English Dept.
• Dr. Diane Roscoe, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Prof. Ralph Hakstian, Psychology Dept.
• Senior Instructor Jacques Bodolec, Dept. of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
• Assoc. Prof. Ann Curry, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies
• Assoc. Prof. Bruce MacDougall, Law
• Asst. Prof. Harry Hubball, Curriculum Studies
• Instructor Sally Osborne, Physiology Dept.
• Assoc. Prof. Valerie LeMay, Forest Resources Management
• Assoc. Prof. Calvin Roskelley, Biology Dept.
• Prof. Jonathan Fannin, Civil Engineering/Forest Resources Management
• Prof. Kay Teschke, School of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene
• Prof. Alan Lowe, Oral Health Sciences Dept.
• Assoc. Prof. Brian Rodriques, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Prof. Nicolas Jaeger, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Lecturer Mike Le Roy, Marketing/Sauder School of Business