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James Roberts, a professor of mathematics, received the Amoco Award, USC's most prestigious faculty honor, during the University's annual faculty awards presentation at the Spring General Faculty Meeting April 29.
The annual award, which recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching, carries an annual stipend of $2,500 added to the base salary.
"To win this award is very gratifying," Roberts said. "You work very hard at teaching, and then to have your students recognize you like this is just fantastic."
Roberts is known for teaching upper-level mathematics courses in the Honors College. He joined the USC faculty in 1970 after receiving his Ph.D. from Rutgers. He is a past recipient of the Russell Research Award, the Honors College Teaching Award, and the Mungo Teaching Award.
"In addition to being an excellent lecturer and an individual who is very concerned about his students, Dr. Roberts is also an excellent mathematician whose research displays great imagination and ingenuity," said Manfred Stoll, chair of the Department of Mathematics. "This imagination and ingenuity also are displayed in the classroom."
In support of his nomination, one of Robert’s students wrote: "[Dr. Roberts] used his incredibly entertaining enthusiasm and sense of humor for calculus and created an atmosphere that drew the students into the material and made it possible for them to really understand what calculus is. It was easy to tell in class that Dr. Roberts wanted all the students to follow his teaching and be able to understand the procedure so they would be able to do their homework assignments."
Other faculty award winners were:
• Carolina Distinguished Professors, Mark Smith, history
• Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research and Undergraduate Teaching, Christopher T. Williams, chemical engineering
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Matthew Kohn, geological sciences
• Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Faculty Advisor, Clifton Fuhrman, pharmacy
• Russell Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences, Sandra Kelly, Psychology
• Russell Research Award for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Robert C. Thunell, geological sciences
• USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Health Sciences, Beth Mayer-Davis, epidemiology and biostatistics
• USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles R. Mack, art
• USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Professional Schools, William O. Bearden, marketing
• USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Susanne C. Brenner, mathematics
• USC Educational Foundation Outstanding Service Award, Carl Evans, religious studies
• Carolina Trustee Professorship, John Dawson, chemistry and biochemistry
• Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Awards, Michael Meadows, civil and environmental engineering, Rekha Patel, biological sciences, David Rocheleau, mechanical engineering, Patrick Scott, English/libraries, and Terry Smith, theater and dance
• Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Awards, Michael Amiridis, chemical engineering, Chaden Djalali, physics and astronomy, and Victor Giurgiutiu, mechanical engineering.
During his comments at the General Faculty Meeting, President Sorensen said seven candidates for the position of executive vice president for academic affairs and provost were to be in Columbia April 30 and May 1 for airport interviews.
At the Faculty Senate meeting, which followed the faculty meeting, senators unanimously approved a resolution opposing the merger of the USC and MUSC Colleges of Pharmacy until further considerations are made. The resolution reads, in part: “Resolved, That the Faculty Senate of the University of South Carolina opposed the merger of the USC and MUSC Colleges of Pharmacy professional programs until such time that the consequences and costs of the merger can be fully examined. Resolved, That the Senate opposes any institutional mergers unless the proposals are examined thoroughly and discusses openly among all affected parties.”
Faculty of the USC College of Pharmacy submitted the proposal.
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