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Wednesday, November 16, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
The HOPE Candidates
Reported by Grace Hobson, Kansan staff writer
Norman Forer
Professor mixes experience, theory in teaching method
Norman Forer unites social welfare theory with practice for his students.
Last spring, he and his students worked to save a Kansas City, Mo. housing project from demolition. He said their efforts resulted in increased financing for public housing
Kell Wheeler, Leawood senior, said Forer's strength lay in his ability to teach through experience.
"For social work, you can't learn through the book," she said. "You have to work with people. He gave us his life experiences."
Forer, associate professor of social welfare, is not teaching this semester because he is recovering from brain surgery he had in April. He said he hoped to resume teaching next fall.
Wheeler said Forer's dedication to his job probably provoked his illness.
"I'm sure he worked himself until he was sick," she said.
Wheeler said Forer would stand up for his beliefs no matter what the costs, especially when he's pulling for the underdog.
"Basically, Norm would just do anything for anybody," Wheeler said. "He's a teacher you really get to know well, which is unusual for a teacher."
Forer said he also sought to teach his students to think critically.
Forer was a HOPE award finalist in 1971 after one year at KU and a semi-finalist in 1972 and 1973. He also has lectured at Haskell Indian Junior College and has studied Native Americans extensively.
Classes give him opportunity to see variety of students
James LaPoint
Sports appeals to a large audience, and James LaPoint said he used his background in sports to appeal to many students.
"I deal with a lot of people who are majoring in fields other than physical education," said LaPoint, associate professor of health, physical education and recreation, each across the total University."
Some of the classes LaPoint teaches are Sociology of Sport, Coaching of Soccer and Field and Football and Volleyball and Touch Football.
"One thing that is unique about my teaching is that I teach across all levels of the curriculum," he wrote, "to get to see all kinds of students."
LaPoint said it was essential to impress upon students the importance of teaching. Despite the low pay and lack of prestige in the field, he tries to give students a positive vision of life for teaching, his students see the profession in a better light.
"You have to show them that teaching is a positive experience," he said. "I try to approach it from the role i role-m model perspective."
Darlene Lalich, Jewett, Ohio, senior who had Sociology of Sport
with LaPoint, said she identified with LaPoint because he applied subject material to his students' lives.
"He made connections between the class and what's happening in the real world," Lalich said. "I remember a lot of what I learned from the class because he made it interesting. He's never boring."
Lalich said LaPoint's interest in students' lives outside of the classroom also was refreshing.
"He takes a personal interest in how the student is doing," she said. "He wants to know if you are doing OK in every aspect of your life."
Colin Howat
Teacher shows his students how to use their knowledge
Known affectionately to students as Chip, Colin Hout said his inspiration as an educator stems from the importance of what he other
In teaching senior-level classes, he said he is able to bring what students have learned in previous courses into classes into a comprehensive course.
"I try to convince them it all makes sense," said Howit, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering. "I show them what they can do with what they have learned."
Howat, who was a HOPE award finalist in 1987, is a consultant for the Midwest Research Institute and Ceramics Research Incorporated, both of Kansas City, Mo. He is also the owner in Overland Park. He has worked as a professional engineer since 1971.
Chris Roth, Overland Park senior, said Howat's ability to bring his experience into the field has been an invaluable learning tool.
"It's a real-world atmosphere." Roth said. "He gets you involved. His favorite style of lecturing is to
"I have a lot of industrial experience," he said. "It lets them (students) practice real-world situations in the classroom."
start off and then start calling on people, asking them why it would work, why it wouldn't. It's amazing how almost a think-tank atmosphere.
Howat, who earned a bachelor's degree with highest distinction from KU in 1973, said he tries to always remember what it was like being a student with strict time demands and pressures.
Roth said Howat was the most flexible and understanding teacher he has ever had. Howat welcome students to call him at jobs students in activities whenever his schedule allows.
Valentino J. Stella Moving students toward motivated learning
the ability to motivate students is what separates Valentino J. Stella from his colleagues.
"I tend to be a teacher who can take material and make it interesting for students to learn." said Stella, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry. "I try to get people excited about learning."
The Melbourne, Australia,
native has taught at the University
of Kansas since 1973. Last year, he
is a semi-finalist for the HOPE
奖.
"When students recognize your contributions, that's got to be the ultimate honor," he said.
"I think he is really concerned that his students learn the
And recognize they do. Mary Whitley, Lawrence senior, said she voted for Stella because of the care he has for his students.
material and that it is practical for them," she said.
Whitley said she appreciated Stella's fairness in teaching. When she had him for a class last fall, he said he gave the students a copy of the semester's notes and old tests to study. He was concerned about how his class instead of having to worry about taking notes, she said.
Stella has done extensive research in his field and also has supervised many postgraduate doctoral students in their research.
Generally, his research is concerned with applying physical organic chemistry to pharmaceutical problems.
"I know everyone in the pharmacy school is really proud of him for the research he's done."
Whitley said. "He's an excellent example of what the University should look for in a professor."
Lonn Beaudry Strikes a balance between friend and teacher
Many of Lonn Beaudry's students are working extra hard to assure him the HOPE award.
A group of unidentified students have launched an advertising campaign to support their favorite candidate with posters covering the walls of the Art and Design building. One has Beauden's head resting on a book, and another is captioning reading "Elvis is Alive! Only if you vote for Lon Baudley."
Beaudy, associate professor of design, teaches courses called Visual Identity System, Publication Editor, Editorial Design and Typography.
Along with his scholarly duties,
he is the president of Design
Machine, a Kansas City, Mo.
firm. With a partner, Beaury
designs work for more than 30
clients, including the
Nelson/Atkins Museum of Art in
Kansas City, Mo., and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlanta.
Beauty, who was a HOPE semi-final last year, cited his ability to identify with students as his strength.
"I try not to be just a friend; that can be ruinous," said Baudrey. "I hold the line between a friend and an enemy." It is important to blend the two.
Scott Davis, a St. Louis senior who had Beaudry for a class last fall, said that friendship was a gift of Beaudry's teaching success.
"He's really personable with the students," Davis said. "With a lot of teachers, there is a kind of barrier between the student and professor. He seems to break that barrier."
Beaudry said that his friendships with students made him a
better educator
"I try to get them to learn," he said. "Friendship is involved in that."
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