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Awards
honor
faculty
■ Rob Proudfoot, Madonna
Moss and Jon Erlandson
received Thomas F. Herman
Facu Ity Ach ievement Awa rds
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
University President Dave
Frohnmayer surprised three out
standing professors Thursday by
awarding them the 1999-2000
Thomas F. Herman Faculty
Achievement Awards for Distin
guished Teaching.
Rob Proudfoot, associate pro
fessor of international studies,
and Madonna Moss and Jon Er
landson, associate professors of
anthropology, were honored in
their classrooms where Frohn
mayer presented them with crys
tal apples.
The winners, who receive a
$2,000 addition to their base
salaries, were selected from rec
ommendations of colleagues and
students.
Moss and Erlandson are the
first husband and wife to win the
award, though they were selected
based on individual merit, said
Pauline Austin, a University
communications officer.
Lorraine Davis, University
vice-provost for academic affairs,
orchestrated the presentation of
the awards so Moss and Erland
son knew the other was to receive
an award but didn’t know they
were going to receive one them
selves. Moss was asked to be pres
ent in Erlandson’s classroom to
share in her husband’s award, but
much to her surprise, Frohnmay
er produced another crystal ap
ple.
Moss said she is often criticized
by students for being too hard of a
grader and too demanding, but
the award showed her that the
number of students who appreci
ate her rigorous syllabi outweighs
the number who think otherwise.
Moss went on to praise the en
tire instructional faculty on this
campus and lament the fact that
all of her colleagues couldn’t be
recognized and compensated
fairly for their efforts.
“There is a very large number
of outstanding teaching faculty
who put tremendous energy and
passion into their teaching,” she
said. “I wish everybody could be
compensated fairly for the work
that they do.”
The husband and wife team is
credited with attracting more Na
tive American students to gradu
ate programs within the depart
ment. They have been teaching at
the University since 1990.
Erlandson specializes in Native
American archaeology and has
received two similar awards for
mentoring and scholarship in arts
and sciences.
Moss was also lauded for her
mentorship, boasting one of the
longest lists of graduate students
in her department.
Proudfoot is no stranger to
teaching awards. In 1989 he was
awarded the University’s 1989 Er
sted Award for Excellence in
teaching, an award similar to the
Herman Award, but for junior
professors. He has also been rec
ognized by the Indian Education
Association and as the Outstand
ing Multicultural Educator in
1989,1992 and 1996.
Award winners will be hon
ored at spring commencement.