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KU's top teachers receive honors
- An assistant professor of journalism and an assistant professor of communication studies were this year's recipients of the Ned N. Fleming award.
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Chris Segrin, an assistant professor of communicati on studies, left, is one of two recipients of the Ned Fleming Teaching Award. Oviatt was nominated by students and the dean and chosen by the chancellor at Kansas University. Arlo Oviatt, assistant professor of journalism, was also given the Fleming Award.
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Neither Chris Segrin nor Arlo Oviatt was quite sure who Ned N. Fleming was when told they had received teaching honors in his name.
"I didn't even realize I was nominated." Segrin said. "It was nice."
Keep on your toes
Segrin, 31, an assistant professor of communication studies, originally taught at the University of Wisconsin, where he completed his undergraduate work and received his master's degree. He has taught at KU for four years.
Nonetheless, Segrin and Oviatt said they were quite honored to receive the Kansas University Ned N. Fleming Trust Award, which annually recognizes outstanding professors at the university. Coupled with the distinction are a monetary award and a seat on stage during the spring commencement ceremony.
A mix of faculty, administration and student recommendations form the nomination process.
According to the office of University Relations, the award was established in 1990 by funds from the estate of the late Ned N. Fleming, chief executive officer and honorary chairman of the board of Fleming Companies of Topeka. Fleming served as an advisory trustee for the KU Endowment Association and was an honorary life member of the KU Alumni Association.
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Segrin specializes in nonverbal communication, research methods, interpersonal communication and persuasion.
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"You have to keep on your toes," Segrin said.
"You can't just sit up there and read recipes for banana bread."
Combing current research journals, he said, is both an interest and a necessity
The award was established in 1990 by funds from the estate of the late Ned N. Fleming chief executive officer and honorary chairman of the board of Fleming Companies of Topeka. Fleming served as an advisory trustee for the KU Endowment Association and was an honorary life member of the KU Alumni Association.
Oviatt, 30, an assistant professor of journalism, completed his
"Things keep changing in interpersonal communication," Segin said. "There aren't a lot of formulas from the 1800s."
"Good research and good teaching go hand-in-hand," he said.
"That made it all worth it," he said.
Before coming to KU in 1994, Ovati spent several years working in the advertising field, including a stint at the Leo Bur-
undegraded work at the University of Missouri. He specializes in advertising copy, layout and portfolio development.
"Part of what I try to teach my students is what it's like in the real world," Oviatt said.
Oviatt said his first two years at KU have shown him two things: His best motivation is a lack of realistic teaching in his own education, and that the best way for students to learn is to vicariously experience the trials and tribulations of his post-college life.
In his first full year, Oviatt class portfolio development class helped all seven of his graduating seniors find jobs.
nett Co. in Chicago. At Leo Burnett, he worked on campaigns for McDonald's, Tropicana Twisters and Hallmark.
"I don't want to be someone who walks in the classroom and doesn't know what he's talking about." Oviatt said.
Finding an opportunity at a respected agency, he discovered, required much more than he expected. When he graduated, he "wasn't really prepared to get a job."
Oviatt went to the Portfolio Center school in Atlanta for six months to fine-tune his display work. That landed him the job in Chicago.
He also worked at an agency in St. Louis, and earned his master's degree from St. Louis University.
Now at KU, he mixes time teaching with time occasionally free-lancing for a firm in the Kansas City area. Oviatt said it is important to keep students abreast of changes in the field.
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