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Alexia Lang
Issue date: 6/1/09 Section: News
UMKC professor honored
A UMKC professor of Physics was recognized by the state for excellence in teaching.
Elizabeth R. Stoddard, Ph.D., was one of 15 educators from colleges and universities state-wide selected to receive the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Education.
The award is given for high standards of performance in the areas of effective teaching, innovative course design and delivery, effective advising, service to the university community, commitment to high standards of excellence and success in nurturing student achievement.
The ceremony was hosted by members of the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and Gov. Jay Nixon.
"Because the award comes from my peers - so many great professors whom I admire so much - I feel tremendously humbled and honored," Stoddard said in a press release. "I feel lucky to be an educator, working along with my colleagues here at UMKC and striving to serve students and teachers better every day. That is intrinsically motivating to me."
Stoddard came to UMKC in 2001 and has since secured $1.1 million for teacher education programs.
Science museum gets a new name
The UMKC Geosciences Museum recently received a new name in honor of a benefactor.
The late Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Jr., a dermatologist and adjunct geology faculty member, was recognized for his role in opening the museum in 1973. In an official ceremony held May 2, the museum's name was changed to the Richard L. Sutton, Jr., M.D. Museum of Geosciences.
More than half of the museum's collection of minerals, gems and fossils came from Sutton's private collection.
A highlight from the more than 3,000 specimens from around the world includes a giant ammonite fossil shell, which measures 30 inches across and is estimated to be about 80 million years old.
"Dr. Sutton made this museum possible, so it only makes sense that it would be named after this extraordinarily generous benefactor," Raymond Coveney, professor of Geosciences, said in a press release.
A UMKC professor of Physics was recognized by the state for excellence in teaching.
Elizabeth R. Stoddard, Ph.D., was one of 15 educators from colleges and universities state-wide selected to receive the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Education.
The award is given for high standards of performance in the areas of effective teaching, innovative course design and delivery, effective advising, service to the university community, commitment to high standards of excellence and success in nurturing student achievement.
The ceremony was hosted by members of the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and Gov. Jay Nixon.
"Because the award comes from my peers - so many great professors whom I admire so much - I feel tremendously humbled and honored," Stoddard said in a press release. "I feel lucky to be an educator, working along with my colleagues here at UMKC and striving to serve students and teachers better every day. That is intrinsically motivating to me."
Stoddard came to UMKC in 2001 and has since secured $1.1 million for teacher education programs.
Science museum gets a new name
The UMKC Geosciences Museum recently received a new name in honor of a benefactor.
The late Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Jr., a dermatologist and adjunct geology faculty member, was recognized for his role in opening the museum in 1973. In an official ceremony held May 2, the museum's name was changed to the Richard L. Sutton, Jr., M.D. Museum of Geosciences.
More than half of the museum's collection of minerals, gems and fossils came from Sutton's private collection.
A highlight from the more than 3,000 specimens from around the world includes a giant ammonite fossil shell, which measures 30 inches across and is estimated to be about 80 million years old.
"Dr. Sutton made this museum possible, so it only makes sense that it would be named after this extraordinarily generous benefactor," Raymond Coveney, professor of Geosciences, said in a press release.
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