Dr. Jerry Waldvogel is the 2008 Campbell Award Winner. 

He is a Professor of Biological Sciences whose primary research interests include developing innovative teaching methods for the life sciences and disseminating those methods to K-16 science teachers.  He teaches introductory biology as well as science, technology and society courses at Clemson University and a behavioral ecology course at the Shoals Marine Laboratory in the Gulf of Maine.  Dr. Waldvogel also instructs teachers at the high school and college levels on how to effectively link modern science with a broad range of social issues.

Waldvogel has been involved in CAC for several years and was one of the faculty members featured in Time/Princeton Review during Clemson’s 2001 recognition as Public University of the Year, principally because of its Communication Across the Curriculum program.  He is a co-director of the Teaching and Learning Creatively initiative at Clemson and uses many creative projects in his courses such as role-playing, debates, poetry, and reflection-based electronic portfolios.  He has also served as co-author of many publications on the subject of Creativity Across the Curriculum, drawing on some of his own creative teaching experiences.

2007
Dr. Patricia Connor-Greene is the 2007 Campbell Award winner.  Dr. Connor-Greene is an Alumni Professor of Psychology whose research interests include cultural constructions of psychiatric disorders and treatment, art, narrative, and resilience, creative engagement, and enhancing and assessing student learning.  She teaches courses on Women and Psychology, The Social Construction of Madness, Psychology and Culture, and Abnormal Psychology.

Dr. Connor-Greene has been involved in CAC for several years and was one of the faculty members featured in Time magazine during Clemson’s 2001 recognition as Public University of the year, namely for its Communication Across the Curriculum program.  She is a co-director of the Teaching and Learning Creatively program and uses many writing and creative projects in her courses.  She also has served as co-author and co-editor of publications on the subject of Creativity Across the Curriculum, drawing on some of the creative teaching experiences she has had while at Clemson.

2005
Dr. Pat Zungoli has been recognized several times for her professional achievement and her teaching excellence. In 2002 she was awarded the Prince Award for Innovation in Teaching, and in 2003, she was the recipient of the Leadership Award, sponsored by Syngenta and Pest Control Technology Magazine. December 8, 2004 she was awarded the Robert S. Campbell Award for Faculty Achievement in Communication across the Curriculum.

Dr. Zungoli’s strong commitment to Communication across the Curriculum is evident in her teaching methods and in her participation in various CAC activities throughout each year.In her classes, Dr. Zungoli makes CAC a priority, assigning projects and presentations to her students that require both creativity and skill in communicating to a variety of audiences.It is not unusual for Dr, Zungoli’s students to write songs, poems, or stories about insects or to create artwork with insects as a theme.In addition to her classroom work, Dr. Zungoli is a member of the Pearce Center’s Campus Communication Concerns Advisory Board, and she participates in the Poetry across the Curriculum project as well as the newer Creative Response to learning Project.

2004
The winner of the Award for the 2003-04 academic year was Professor Mary Taylor Haque from the Horticulture Department. Professor Haque has been part of the Horticulture faculty here at Clemson since 1978. She has been recognized numerous times by a variety of organizations for her professional achievement and her teaching excellence. She is now the Alumni Distinguished Professor of Horticulture and was awarded the Robert S. Campbell Award for Faculty Achievement in Communication Across the Curriculum on April 28, 2004.

Professor Haque has a long history with Communication Across the Curriculum, having participated in the CAC workshops since 1987 when the program started on Clemson’s campus. She participates in the Poetry Across the Curriculum project as well as the newer Creative Response Across the Curriculum project. Professor Haque is recognized for her dedication to learning about Communication Across the Curriculum, applying the strategies and concepts in her teaching, and sharing her knowledge with her colleagues across campus and in the community.

To see some of the work that Dr. Haque has done with her students and see examples of how she incorporates CAC into the students' many learning experiences, visit Dr. Haque's Horticulture 400 class's web site and the web site for Sustainable Landscape Planning for Learning Environments.

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