2024 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipient Announced
| by Colleen Norden
Clinton Cave, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, has received the 2024 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching.
CTLR Updates
Faculty, Fellowships, Students
Fellowships Annual Winners Released for 2022-2023
| by Colleen Norden
Each year Middlebury students and alumni receive nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships for research opportunities, graduate study, and independent projects. Fellowships in the CTLR has released their annual report of recipients.
2023 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipient Announced
| by Colleen Norden
Jennifer Crodelle, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has received the 2023 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching.
ChatGPT and the Middlebury Classroom
| by Colleen Norden
This spring, WRPR, DLINQ, and CTLR are collaborating on workshops focused on ChatGPT in higher education, but more importantly about what the AI tool means for Middlebury. See ChatGPT workshop videos, resources, and info on upcoming events.
Ward Prize Recipients Announced
| by Colleen Norden
Eleven students have been awarded the 2021-22 Paul W. Ward ’25 Memorial Prize for excellence in first-year writing. A celebration was held in January by the Writing and Rhetoric Program and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research. Read more in the Communications news story.
Maia Sauer '22 on Senior Thesis Funding in Dance Magazine
| by Colleen Norden
Kellogg Fellow Maia Sauer ‘22 was recently quoted in How to Make the Most of Each Phase of Your College Career in Dance Magazine. Talking about professional skills and planning for her senior thesis she said, “I remember being in the thick of it and feeling like, Really? You’re going to make me do a mock budget for my thesis? I felt resistant to it then, but now I realize how helpful that was.” See more info about senior work funding.
Faculty, STEM and Quantitative, Students
New Fall Half-Credit Courses Begin
| by Colleen Norden
The first half-credit courses at Middlebury began this fall semester. The courses vary from religion to an experiential learning capstone. The Middlebury Campus quoted Priscilla Bremser (Math) about the course Mathematical Problem-Solving, “I hope my course gives students with uneven mathematics backgrounds a chance to solidify foundational concepts so that they can succeed in calculus.” Read more of College Tries Out New Half-Credit Course System This Fall.
Faculty, STEM and Quantitative, Undergraduate Research
Clinton Cave (Neuroscience) and the Value of Undergraduate Research
| by Colleen Norden
Clinton Cave (Neuroscience) was recently featured in TheScientist where he talks about the value of undergraduate research. “Middlebury’s undergraduate focus…is a real strength because it gives students early access to sophisticated labs, setting them up to succeed in STEM careers. It’s especially important that he help first-generation students, students of color, and women see a path forward, he says. ‘And it’s very rewarding to be able to pay for the mentorship that I’ve received over the years.’” Read more of Clinton Cave Investigates How Brain Cells Communicate.
Faculty, STEM and Quantitative, Undergraduate Research
Perkins Teaching Award Winner Greg Pask (Biology) Researches Fireflies with Students
| by Colleen Norden
Seven Days recently featured Biology Professor Greg Pask, the 2022 recipient of the Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching. Student research assistants funded through the CTLR’s Undergraduate Research Summer Program spent the summer researching insect pheromones with Pask. Read the full Seven Days story.