UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, April 24, 1997
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CLAS alumni to return to campus for reunion
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be wooing its alumni back to campus this weekend for its CLAS Days alumni reunion.
The whole family is invited, said liberal arts and sciences dean Sally Frost-Mason, who encouraged students and faculty to attend, too.
The J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award will be presented tomorrow during a reception at the Adams Alumni Center. The CLAS Alumni Club took nominations from students, and selected Laurence Draper, professor of microbiology, as this year's winner.
Frost-Mason said she was pleased with the choice.
"Larry has had a long and outstanding career as a teacher here, and we heard year after year what a
good adviser he is," she said.
Seminars will take place the Saturday morning, and will include a trip to the banks of the Kansas River for the alumni's children. Meanwhile, adults will be entertained by an exhibition, debate and lectures about astronomy, baseball and opera.
"It gives me a chance to think through the serious issues that the college faces and will face in the future," she said.
Later that afternoon, Frost-Mason will present an address titled The Future of Liberal Arts Education.
The department of theatre and film will give a special presentation of Abide With Me, a play written by KU alumnus Thomas Fox Averill, at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre. Averill was the winner of the first Great Plains
Play contest sponsored by the University Theatre.
There will be a party after the performance at the Lawrence Holidome. 200 McDonald Dr.
Frost-Mason said CLAS Days was not a fund-raising event.
The goal of the alumni days, said assistant to the dean Erin Spiridigliozzi, is to promote awareness of the many parts of the college and to keep alumni informed about happenings within it.
"We're not making any direct pitches for fund raising," she said. "This is just friend-raising. It reminds alums of how much we care about them, and it gives us a chance to bring them back to campus when it is prettiest."
The CLAS Days events are open to the public. They are free, except for Friday's reception and Saturday's luncheon and evening programs.
Awards to commend GTAs
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
Twelve GTAs will be recognized for their dedication to undergraduate teaching at the Graduate School awards ceremony on May 1.
Those being honored include Jesse Aleman, Lawrence doctoral student in English, and Michael Ghedotti, Lawrence doctoral student in systematics and ecology. As recipients of the Carlin Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards, the two will receive $1,000 each.
The Carlin awards are named for John and Diana Carlin, who contributed the endowment that financed the award in 1991. Diana Carlin, associate professor of communication studies, said she thought GTAs deserved recognition for their achievements.
"As someone who works with GTAs, I saw how valuable they were," she said. "There really are few awards for graduate teachers."
In addition to the Carlin award winners, five students will receive $500 each for winning Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards, sponsored by the graduate school, the Office of the Chancellor, and the Graduate and Professional Association. Five others will be honored as finalists.
Sara Martin, assistant dean of the graduate school, said she had seen a dedication to helping students among the GTAs honored.
"What stood out was a strong commitment to their students," she said.
"That was reflected in the student evaluations we saw."
Aleman said he appreciated the recognition from the University.
"The awards are important because they show that the University is willing to recognize the GTAs as important instructors, as well as for their work in service and research," he said.
The award ceremony will be at 4 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom, and the recipients also will be recognized during commencement on May 18.
The winners were selected by a committee of students, faculty and administrators. The committee made its selections from nominations made in various departments.
The winners of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award are: Shelly Spiecker, Lenexa doctoral student in communication studies; Linda Prenovost, Hawthorne, Calif., doctoral student in psychology; Anis Bawarshi, Westhills, Calif., doctoral student in English; Sheriana Shuler, Plymouth, Minn., doctoral student in communication studies; and Carol Dupuis, Houston, Texas, master's degree student in geology.
Finalists are: Shawn Mansfield, Lawrence doctoral student in chemistry; Donald Schawang, Lawrence doctoral student in theatre and film; Thomas Root, Topeka doctoral student in economics; Richard Buck, Chicago doctoral student in philosophy; and Marina Llorente-Torres, Marbella-Malag, Spain, doctoral student in Spanish.
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