Dandy Receives Honors for Excellent Teaching

Savannah, GA—Evelyn Dandy, director of the Pathways to Teaching program at Armstrong Atlantic State University, has been selected as the 2002 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Georgia Professor of the Year. The award recognizes her dedication to teaching, commitment to students, and creative approach to education. Dandy was honored on November 21 at a luncheon at the National Press Club and a congressional reception on Capitol Hill.

The U.S. Professors of the Year awards program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those who excel as teachers and influence the lives and careers of their students. It is recognized as the nation's most highly respected program to recognize outstanding faculty. The program is sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and directed by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

"We are pleased to honor distinguished professors who have demonstrated a passion for teaching, a dedication to student learning, and a commitment to an examination of their teaching practice," said Carnegie Foundation President Lee S. Shulman. "These extraordinary teachers are shaping the lives of tomorrow’s leaders and scholars every day in their classrooms."

"The Professors of the Year ring tremendous energy and passion to everything they do because of their genuine love for students, teaching, and their disciplines," said Vance T. Peterson, president of CASE. The professor’s ability to nurture, encourage, and challenge students is inspiring, and CASE is delighted to have a role in honoring them."

Dandy represents the thousands of dedicated university and college instructors throughout Georgia who serve their students, their community, and their state with dedication and talent.

CASE evaluates the nominees based on the following criteria: impact on and involvement with undergraduate students; scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contribution to undergraduate education in the institution, community, and profession; and support from colleagues and current and former undergraduate students.

Dandy is a tenured professor of education and director of the Pathways to Teaching Program at AASU. The program is a collaborative grant that provides scholarships and supports activities for paraprofessionals, substitute teachers and secretaries, primarily minority males, so that they can become certified teachers in urban environments.

Dandy holds degrees in elementary education/Spanish, language arts, and reading/linguistics from Millersville University, Temple University, and the University of South Carolina. She has taught at the elementary, middle school, and college levels and in inner city as well as suburban schools.

On three separate occasions she received faculty awards: the Distinguished Faculty Service Award for 2001-2002, the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Alumni Association in 1984, and the H. Dean Propst Outstanding Faculty Award for 1988-89. She has lectured at universities in Canada, Ireland, Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly a part of Russia), China, Hungary, and Turkey.

 

 

November 21, 2002