Autar Kaw Receives 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year Award
The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country and those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Sponsored by CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
Video of former student Dan Miller introducing USF Professor Autar Kaw,
followed by Kaw’s acceptance speech. Courtesy CASE
Autar Kaw Receives 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year Award
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2012)
By Vickie Chachere
Autar Kaw, a University of South Florida mechanical engineering professor who was an early adopter of new technologies and social media to teach complex mathematical calculations has been named a 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Kaw, a USF professor for 25 years, was feted Thursday in events at the National Press Club and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. He is one of four professors selected from more than 300 nominees to receive the award that is considered the nation’s highest honor for undergraduate teaching. Kaw was selected in the category of Outstanding Doctoral and Research Universities Professor of the Year.(Read rest of the story and see the multimedia coverage links below)
Council for Advancement of Support of Education Story
Council for Advancement of Support of Education: Acceptance Speech;
Council for Advancement of Support of Education: Passion Statement;
Council for Advancement of Support of Education: Student Introduction
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Professors of The Year
Congressional Record: Recognizing Professors of the Year
Ambassador Speeches: Ambassador Nancy J. Powell‚ Remarks at the PanIIT Conference
NSF Discoveries: One Click Away: Online Courseware Promotes
Free Access to Math Instruction
USA Today: Professors of the Year: Have you had them?
Chronicle of Higher Education: The 4 Professors of the Year Advise Their Peers: Keep Learning and Adapting
Inside Higher Education: Professors of the Year
Tampa Tribune: USF professor receives national honor
Tampa Bay Times: USF professor wins the top national award for undergraduate teaching
WUSF Three Things about Professor of the Year Autar Kaw Interview
Bay News 9: U.S. Professor of Year on Bay News 9
Keynote speech at the Ring Ceremony for the Fall 2012 Graduates. Read speech [pdf] [text [html]
USF Professor Autar Kaw holds his award, flanked by CASE President John Lippincott (left) and Carnegie Foundation President Anthony S. Bryk. Photo: Courtesy Daniel Peck Photography
Times of India: India-origin professor among recipients of 2012 US Professor of the Year award
Times of India: American professor of the year impresses BITS Pilani students
Indian Express: Indian-American Autar Kaw named Professor of the Year
Financial Express: Indian-American Autar Kaw named Professor of the Year
WUSF News: USF Educator Named Carnegie Professor of the Year
India Abroad: Professor of Year
First Post: Indian academic Autar Kaw is US Professor of the Year
Daily News: India−born Autar Kaw is US Professor of the Year
Temple Terrace Patch: USF Professor Named U.S. Professor of the Year
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USF Oracle: Engineering professor wins US Professor of the Year award
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