The Utah State University 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Fellows were honored at a reception April 21 for their exemplarily work. One student is selected from each college, as well as one from the Honors program and one from Library and Instructional Support.

 

Kathryn Christensen, Family Consumer Sciences Education, College of Agriculture, faculty mentor Lindsey Shirley; Diana Allen, management information system, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, faculty mentor David Olsen; Bryce N. King, parks and recreation, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, faculty mentor Ginni Dilworth; Scott Murphy, civil engineering, College of Engineering, faculty mentor Laurie McNeill; Elise Doney, English, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, faculty mentor Shane Graham; Kelly J. Sivy, conservation and restoration ecology, College of Natural Resources, faculty mentor Eugene Schupp; Braden P. Parker, biology, College of Science, faculty mentor A. Andy Anderson; Leah Whitchurch, vocal performance and English, Honors Program, faculty mentor Nick Eastmond; Lia Inoa, international business, Library and Instructional Support, faculty mentor Sandra Weingart.

 

The Undergraduate Teaching Fellows work with a faculty member in a class for a semester. Each Fellow puts in approximately 100 hours helping facilitate supplemental instruction, creating class materials and lectures.

 

“The UTF program has proven to be a win-win situation for instructors, students and the UTFs themselves, said USU vice Provost Larry Smith. “Instructors obviously benefit from the additional help in their classes, especially in large enrollment classes. Also, students in courses supported with UTFs benefit by having more resources to help with learning and instruction.  Students appreciate getting help from a fellow undergraduate that has been through a particular class and been successful.”

 

The program is designed to support faculty while giving students a taste of what an academic career is like.

 

“It was a great opportunity to gain teaching experience and to help students,” said UTF Elise Doney. “I got to learn the science of creating a syllabus, new teaching techniques and I even taught a class.”

 

The Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Program originated in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in 1990, piloted by the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology.

 

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