GOERGEN AWARD WINNERS HONORED AT CONVOCATION

Bringing students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate the beginning of the 152nd academic year at Rochester, the College Convocation honored this year's winners of the Goergen Awards for contributions to undergraduate education in the College.

First presented in 1997, the awards are named for and sponsored by Robert Goergen '60, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and his wife, Pamela.

Recipients of the 2001 Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching were:

Curt Cadorette, John Henry Newman Associate Professor of Roman Catholic Studies in the Department of Religion and Classics. Cadorette, who came to the University in 1994, teaches classes in Catholicism and history of Christianity.

He started the "Peru in Depth" program, which introduces students to the political, social, economic, and religious nature of Peru in an intense three-week abroad program.

Thomas Hahn, professor in the Department of English. A specialist in Old and Middle English literature, Hahn has taught at the University since 1973. He redesigned the department's introductory survey courses, developed a cluster of courses on Robin Hood, and involved students in the first International Robin Hood Conference, which was held at Rochester in 1997.

Michael Scott, professor in the Department of Computer Science. Scott developed a course in programming language and, as a result of his original approach, published a textbook, Programming Language Pragmatics, that is used at 40 universities worldwide. On the University faculty since 1985, he teaches courses in programming systems and computer systems.

John Tarduno, professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Tarduno developed courses that offer undergraduates exceptional field work experience studying geology in the Arctic, in California, and in the Adirondacks. Tarduno also offers undergraduates the opportunity to work in his paleomagnetic research laboratory.

The Goergen Award for Curricular Achievement in Undergraduate Education was presented to the College Writing Program, and the Goergen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning was presented to Richard Aslin.

Aslin, a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and in the Center for Visual Science, is director of the Center for Language Sciences. A member of the faculty since 1984, Aslin is a former dean of the College.

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