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  • Pamela Kittelson, 2017 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

    Pamela Kittelson, 2017 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

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    Every year, former recipients of the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching meet to review the new crop of nominations. In 2016, those former recipients established several criteria that they would look for in the nominees. This year’s recipient has garnered praise from students and colleagues in all of those areas, and has been…

  • Eric Elias, 2017 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence Winner, Biology Department

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    Eric Elias was selected as the 2017 recipient of the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Presented each year at the final faculty meeting, this award recognizes a Gustavus non-tenure-track faculty member for significant contributions to teaching and learning.

  • Cindy Johnson, 2003 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

    Cindy Johnson, 2003 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

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    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 so exciting is because I hear the voices of our students, quoted from their letters of nomination, expressing what it is they value in an outstanding teacher. This year will…

  • John Lammert, 1988 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

    John Lammert, 1988 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

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    Let’s get right to it! The winner of the 1988 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching is John Michael Lammert. As many of you know, this award honors the administration, scholarship and teaching of one of the college’s great presidents, Dr. Edgar M. Carlson. John was born in Florence, Alabama, on the Tennessee River…

  • Arthur Glass, 1985 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

    Arthur Glass, 1985 Carlson Award Winner, Biology Department

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    The Edgar M. Carlson Award for Innovative Teaching was established by the Board of Trustees of Gustavus Adolphus College to honor the long and outstanding period of leadership that Dr. Carlson gave this college. Each year the award is given to a member of the faculty in recognition of teaching excellence. The recipient is selected…

  • Laura Burrack (Biology)

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    Laura Burrack and Erica Power ’18 recently published an article in the journal PLoS Genetics entitled “Neocentromeres Provide Chromosome Segregation Accuracy and Centromere Clustering to Multiple Loci along a Candida albicans Chromosome.”

  • Brookhart Shields (Biology)

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    Gustavus welcomes our new tenure-track colleague, Brookhart Shields. Brooke joins the Department of Biology in a tenure-track position, having previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the department in the 2015-16 academic year. Shields completed her bachelor’s degree at Winona State University and her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa-Iowa City. Her graduate thesis…