Twelve faculty will be honored with the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching during the annual Faculty Awards Convocation 4 p.m. March 18 in the UAB National Alumni Society House.
Other faculty to be honored during the ceremonies are James McClintock, Ph.D., marine biologist and endowed professor of polar and marine biology, who will receive the 2015 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award, and Pauline Jolly, Ph.D., professor in public health in the Department of Epidemiology and director of the UAB Minority Health International Research Training program, who received the 2014 Ellen Gregg Ingalls/UAB National Alumni Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching.
The 2015 honorees for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College and the Joint Health Sciences departments.
Faculty to Be Honored for Excellence in Teaching March 18
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