Brainteasers
an interview By Joni moths mueller
 Every May, Marquette faculty members take
time to complete one final task before summer recess. They
honor three colleagues whose gift for the art of teaching sets
the bar for excellence. The honorees receive the John P. Raynor,
S.J., Awards for Teaching Excellence or the Robert and Mary
Gettel Award for Teaching Excellence. The awards include a
stipend.
They get their kicks teasing ideas out of
students and love nothing better than students who question,
argue, agree, disagree, test their patience, doubt, analyze,
laugh and THINK. Each year since 1959, Marquette faculty have
gathered to choose and honor their favorites — teachers
within their ranks who exemplify the teacher-scholar model,
whose love for their work is obvious, and who don’t let
up because if they did, their students would lose.
Meet this
year’s winners of the 2005 Faculty Awards for Teaching
Excellence:
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Professor of political science, who
has been teaching Marquette students about international
relations and human rights for 35 years. |
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Associate professor of English, who
developed the first-year English program |
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Associate professor of economics, who
pushes his students hard, believing education forms better
citizens. |
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