|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
3 new videos profile faculty
The video series profiles the University’s named professors. Jeanne Geddes-Key, Emily L. Phelps Director of The College School, wears many hats because The College School serves as an educational environment for University education majors and as an on-campus school for elementary-age students who demonstrate learning, attention, mild social or mild behavioral issues. Geddes-Key discusses her teaching philosophy on tape--that every child should be actively engaged in learning and that a school should be a safe, kind, nurturing place where students are comfortable enough to make mistakes, to step out and learn and to build confidence in their own abilities. Howard B. Johnson, Alumni Distinguished Professor of History and Black American Studies, discusses his specialty, the history of the Caribbean islands. Johnson explains how a history major’s interpretive and analytical skills can be transferred to any task. Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor of History, won the prestigious Bancroft Prize, awarded by Columbia University, for his second book, Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom. Kolchin, author of two other books, says he tries to convey to students the excitement historians feel. Windows on The Green, a continuing series produced by Information Technologies-University Media Services and the Office of Public Relations, was initiated to mark the endowment of UD’s 100th named professorship in 2004. An endowed chair is one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive and one of the most important gifts a donor can make to the University. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
|
|
