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Cindy Johnson, 2003 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department
Every year at commencement, I am excited to hear the announcement of the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching. The reason I find it…
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Max Hailperin, 2002 Carlson Award Winner, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Department
One of the greatest pleasures I have had as a Carlson Award recipient is in reading the letters written on behalf of this year’s award…
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Gretchen Hofmeister, 2001 Carlson Award Winner, Chemistry Department
Though this professor teaches what students describe as “one of the toughest and most dreaded” classes at Gustavus, high praise has streamed in from students…
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Eric Eliason, 2000 Carlson Award Winner, English Department
The Edgar M. Carlson Award is presented each year at Commencement to a member of the faculty who has demonstrated exceptional skill and effectiveness as…
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Douglas Nimmo, 1999 Carlson Award Winner, Music Department
Education is a partnership between students and teachers, a dance of minds and hearts, and so we pause in this graduation ceremony to present the…
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Florence Amamoto, 1998 Carlson Award Winner, English Department
The Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching is awarded each year to a member of the faculty who has demonstrated exceptional skill and effectiveness…
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Mark Johnson, 1997 Carlson Award Winner, Geology Department
President Steuer, today we pause in the midst of honoring the Class of 1997 to present for the twenty-seventh time the Edgar M. Carlson Award…
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Christopher Gilbert, 1996 Carlson Award Winner, Political Science Department
In deed and in truth the faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College is a community of highly educated persons dedicated to teaching. Year after year, class…
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Ann Brady, 1995 Carlson Award Winner, English Department
There are many capacities that students recognize in an excellent teacher-the ability to inspire, to communicate passionately about one’s discipline, to lead students onto roads…
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Thomas Emmert, 1994 Carlson Award Winner, History Department
Few liberal arts college are so blessed as is Gustavus in having an Edgar Carlson legacy. After serving as a religion professor, Edgar M. Carlson…
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