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University Daily Kansan, September 29, 1982
HOPE semifinalists prefer students to industry
Editor's note: KU seniors next week will narrow the choices for the Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator award from 10 finalists to five finalists.
Harry Talley
Louis Michel
Senators will vote Tuesday and Wednesday to select five finalists and April 19, 20 to
Timothy Rengtson
Seniors are the only students allowed to vote for the award, which is the only KU teaching program in Oklahoma.
Allan Cigler
Janice Platt
The winner's name will be announced Oct. 30 at the KU-Nebraska football game and will be engraved on a permanent plaque in the Kansas Union.
Edward McBride
Karlyn Campbell
Staff reporter Jeanne Foy interviewed the 10 semifinalists, who were chosen last week, for the *Miss America* competition.
Joyce Jones
Harry Tallev
Harry Talley, professor of electrical engineering, says he wakes up every morning looking forward to a new day of teaching.
Talley came to KU in 1964 from Bell Laboratories. He said it was a move he had never negretted. If he had his choice of any job, Talley said, he still would pick teaching because job satisfaction, not money, was the most important aspect of working.
"I frankly don't know why," he said.
He said he was amazed that after 18 years of teaching the same classes in the same place, he had learned so much.
Talley said he enjoyed the exchange between instructor and student, especially when the student was very nervous.
He has no illusions about how much he can teach a student in class, he said, because the most effective way for a student to learn was to absorb the knowledge on his own.
"The instructor makes you want to go off and learn the material on your own. I make them aware that I enjoy learning the material, and they can do the same thing." Talley said.
He said he had an obligation to help students learn the material, and his greatest satisfaction came from seeing students develop their thinking abilities.
"When someone discovers an answer to a problem, my attitude is one of excitement. There's much less satisfaction in solving a problem for someone," he said.
Louis Michel
Louis Michel, professor of architecture and urban design, says he tries to teach his students that architecture is not only a single building but man's entire environment.
He said that teaching was the greatest profession in the world and that it carried a great moral message.
Michel, who has taught at KU since 1970, said his favorite quote was Winston Churchill's statement that "we shape our buildings and they shape us."
He said he tried to teach his students to think critically and to analyze problems.
"I believe a teacher's influence touches on infinity. If I present a well-thought-out statement, students can accept or reject it, but the idea will pass on," he said.
very to carry with me some bridge between passionate thinking and organized thought, he said.
His deepest satisfaction comes from watching his students grow and from stimulating their creativity.
Michel said he still prepared all his lectures from scratch to keep his classes and himself fresh. He refuses to allow himself to stagnate, he and finds his love of nature helps renew him.
Don Daughertv
Don Dunghery, professor of electrical engneering, says that in many ways being a candidate for an electrical engineer is hard.
It allows him to pursue his interests and simultaneously to work with young people, he
Daughtry, who has been teaching at KU since 1963, said that he did not have a defined role in the program.
"I spend a lot of time preparing for class. If I don't go in well prepared, I'll flounder and fall."
Daugherty said he relieved tension in his courses by telling bad jokes.
"It puts students at ease and makes them feel free to ask questions," he said.
Besides preparing well for each class, Daugherty said, he tries to let his students know what will be expected of them on jobs, to write letters and emails, to meet deadlines, to be available to students as much as he can.
he said his students, as they progressed through his courses, lost their simplified views of the subject matter and developed more mature understanding of how electronics worked.
One aspect of teaching that he appreciates, he said, is the rare feeling he gets when he gives an answer.
Timothv Bengtson
Although Timothy Bengtson, associate professor of journalism, could find a job in advertising, he says he likes a professor's way of life too much to out.
"Money only goes so far. Happiness is what most people seek," he said.
He said he felt good in a classroom because he enjoyed interacting with students.
enjoy interacting with students:
"I don't like class to be a one-way street. I'm
A successful day is one in which students ask a lot of questions in class, he said.
bengtun, who has taught at KU for three years, said he considered the advertising sequence in the School of Journalism excellent because of the attention students got.
Although he has taught at four other universities, Bengsong said, KU is by far the best university.
He said that because he tried to prepare students for a professional advertising career, they did the same things in class that they would do after they graduated and got jobs.
He said that when students got jobs, he thought he had contributed something to their success.
He also tries to teach students to learn about themselves and to discover what they enjoy doing.
Ianice Platt
Platts teaches television production classes and travels on weekends to help film University of New York students.
Janice Platt, assistant professor of journalism, says she thinks she has found the perfect balance between teaching and working professionally in journalism.
The television business requires professors to work on professional productions to stay abreast of new technology.
Platt said she enjoyed teaching and professional work equally.
work," she said.
Platt said she was gratified to see how much
"At first they don't know anything. I feel like I
Plait said she enjoyed motivating unenthusiastic students and channeling the creative spirit of her students.
rip open their heads and pour in all this knowledge. By the end of the semester, they're really ready to get on.
"I try to get everybody up for TV," she said. Her students must behave as professionals, she said, because television production is an extremely hard business. If someone is scared off in school, he probably will not make it in the job market, she said.
Allan Cigler
Allan Ciglar, associate professor of political science, says his enthusiasm for American politics is probably what makes his students learn more easily.
"If students think I like what I do, we will develop a rapport about the subject matter later."
Cigler said he could not separate teaching from the rest of his activities because his subject matter interested him so much that he viewed teaching as both a job and a hobby.
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He said his responsibility as a teacher was to create critical informed citizens.
“It’s very gratifying playing a role that helps people more sense of the political world they live in.”
A professor has to be intellectually alive and on his toes, Cigler said, especially because the university's intellectual life is very deep.
His profession does not have the routine of some jobs, he said, because politics always requires a lot of thinking.
"There can always be a question never asked before, a new perspective," he said.
Clark Bricker
"I have taught for 38 years. It's time to give someone else a chance to teach," he said. "I am going to miss many things. I'll miss the daily contact with my students."
Clark Bricker, professor of chemistry, will end a long teaching career when he retires from UK.
Bricker said he had never regretted his decision to teach and would continue to stay active in some type of education after his retirement.
Bricker, a three-time HOPE winner, said that one reason for his teaching success was that he had tried to treat every student as he himself would like to be treated.
He said he had just completed photography 800 of his students, a standard practice of his, so I had to do it myself.
"I try very hard to call people by name in a lecture. You're no longer a number. There's
somebody that treats you as an individual," he said.
In today's computerized society, being treated
in today's computerized society, being treated as an individual is extremely important, he said. Bricker said that working with young people was one of the rewards of teaching.
"To see a person completely lost suddenly grasp an art is a terrific feeling," he said.
His colleagues in the chemistry department have supported him by allowing him to teach as he wanted to. Bricker said. Because his class is more interactive this support is extremely important, he said.
McBride, who has been teaching for 31 years,
said that after 15 years of working in industry, he decided to leave because he had always wanted to be a teacher.
Edward McBride
Edward McMride, professor of mechanical engineering, is working with young people who are learning volunteer skills.
Building something is rewarding, McBride said, but seeing a student learn is far more rewarding.
He said he tried to make his explanations of class material as clear as possible and frequently asked for questions.
McBride said he wanted his students to gain more than just technical knowledge. If they learned to be neat and prompt, he said, they would ultimately benefit from it.
"The more questions they ask, the better I perform. It makes it far more intelligent for me."
Grades are one way of reinforcing those qualities in students, McBride said, but he also tries to show students the reasons behind his action.
He said his background in industry helped him relate classroom problems to those the students were facing.
"Students like the idea of my having experience in the field. I have done it wrong, so
McBride said he sometimes received calls from former students who would tell him that material once discussed in class had proved helpful on their jobs.
Karlvn Campbell
She said she enjoyed teaching large classes because they gave her a chance to perform.
She defined performing as being very dynamic, being funny and using examples in her practice.
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Campbell said that although she tried to be an entertaining teacher, it did not mean that her class was unstructured or that she did not expect respect from her students.
"You can't teach anybody unless you capture his attention. I hate it when they're bored," she said. "Students like to come to my class. I don't have a problem with attendance."
She does not become friends with her students until they are former students, she said.
Her large classes are carefully planned, she said, and things unfold according to a specific schedule.
She said she viewed teaching as almost a contractual arrangement.
"I'm there to teach, and they try to learn. I teach," she said. "We are in classes, and turn in materials on time." she said.
Some students are incredible, she said, and she learns from them.
After completing her classes, she said, she expects her students to be able to analyze
"Students have done absolutely original things on exams." she said.
Jovce Jones
When she considers how many patients each of her students will treat, she realizes how far pregnant women can go.
Jove Jones, associate professor of occupational therapy, says she thinks she can contribute more to her profession by teaching than by working directly with patients.
"The welfare of the patient depends on the knowledge I'm imparting to the student. And I'm responsible to students if they aren't provided with the opportunities they need," she said.
"I try to help students recognize their potentials as persons and professionals. There is more to them."
Seeing potential turn into capabilities is one of the most enjoyable aspects of teaching, Jones 184.
Students often ask her whether they need to know all the material covered in class, she said, and she responds by asking them to imagine that the person next to them is a patient.
"You ask that person if they want you to learn that material." she tells them.
If students ask questions for which they have the knowledge to answer, she will not answer them.
She makes her students figure out problems by themselves.
"I show them ways they can arrive at the answer. I help them figure it out," she said.
"Everyone has his own level. Everyone has a gift," she said."
By United Press International
Solidarity out of new Polish union scheme
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish government said yesterday that it planned to revive unions to help reform Poland's battered economy, but an independent union would not be allowed to participate.
Solidarity and individual trade unions have been suspended since martial law was imposed last Dec. 13.
"The presence of the unions (in the plants) is indispensable" for implementing economic reforms, Wladysla Baka, minister in charge of economic reforms, said in a news conference.
But the government newspaper Rzeczpospolita said Solidarity leaders currently inferred or operating underground "cannot be responsible partners of the revived trade unions."
The government's move would mean the elimination of Solidarity and its 9.5 million rank and file members.
Under a reform program seen as a test before the unions' revival, plants can take independent decisions on the scope of employment, finance and management and declare bankruptcy in the event of a deficit.
Baka said that 400 workers' organizations out of the 2,500 suspended since the imposition of marital law had been reinstated, and that 780 were "ready" to resume their activities.
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