Two of the thirteen seniors who will receive 21st Century Leaders awards at Commencement (May 23) have connections with UMass Amherst Linguistics: frequent award winner August Siena Cohn Thomas and Lauren Scheiper, who is majoring in Communications and minoring in Linguistics.
[Thanks John!]
Distinguished University Professor John McCarthy is now at least doubly Distinguished: he has been selected to receive the Distinguished Teaching Award for 2008-2009. John will receive the award at the Celebration of Teaching Dinner this Thursday, April 16. Congratulations, John!
A huge congratulations to August Siena Cohn Thomas (Linguistics BA). She has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for participation in a Turkish intensive summer language institute, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. August writes, "Two months of intensive Turkish in Turkey this summer – fully funded by the State Dept. I'm incredibly excited!"
August is no stranger to WHISC; readers might remember our item on her being named a Davidson Fellow in Literature last year.
[Thanks Rajesh!]
Last week, we reported on Martin Walkow's Distinguished Teaching Award nomination. We have a few more nominations to report. Here's the full list of nominees:
Martin Walkow has been nominated for a Distinguished Teaching Award. Congratulations, Martin!
Elisabet Engdahl (1980 UMass Amherst Linguistics PhD) has been elected to the Swedish Academy of Letters. Via Barbara Partee, we've learned that the Academy was founded in 1743 by the Swedish queen Lovisa Ulrika, sister of Friedrich the First of Prussia and that it is older than the Swedish Academy (which hands out Nobels).
[Thanks Barbara!]
Barbara Partee has been selected as one of the first Academy Fellow Awardees of the newly created Massachusetts Academy of Sciences. Congratulations, Barbara!
The MAS's mission is to stimulate interest in science, promote scientific research, help improve science education, and so forth. The President is a UMass Amherst alumna and UMass Amherst professor, Margaret Riley (Biology). Anyone can join the MAS, and joining in 2008 makes one a Charter Member.
Congratulations to John Kingston, winner of a CHFA Outstanding Teacher Award this year!
Rachel Keen, of UMass Amherst Psychology, is a member of the 2006 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
From Lisa Selkirk:
Monica Sieh is the recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award. This is truly an honor, a very tough award to get, and a reflection of extraordinary excellence in teaching. Only two or three TAs and two or three faculty members from all of UMass Amherst receive this in any one year. This is the first such award to someone in our department.
Congratulations, Monica! Wow!
Angelika Kratzer has been awarded a College Outstanding Teaching Award.
So the list of such awards for our faculty continues to grow. It now includes Lyn Frazier, Kyle Johnson, Angelika Kratzer, John McCarthy, Tom Roeper, and Ellen Woolford.
