Friday, February 27, 2009
Dixon to present UCC Cooper Teaching Award Lecture
 Dr. Michael Dixon, associate professor of history and the 2008-09 H. Lee Cooper Core Curriculum Teaching Award winner, will present the University Core Curriculum's Cooper Teaching Award Lecture, “Alexander the Great and the Core Curriculum,” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in Forum III in the Wright Administration Building. Focusing exclusively on teaching, the Cooper award honors a USI faculty member whose work in University Core courses has been especially creative and successful in furthering UCC goals. The Cooper Award winner presents a lecture each academic year. Dixon has been with the University since fall 2000. He introduced Latin to the curriculum during the 2001-02 academic year and developed a classical studies minor at USI. In 2006, Dixon received the Indiana Classical Conference’s Outstanding University Teaching Award in recognition of his “remarkable efforts to promote the study of Classics at USI as well as at the state and national levels.” He holds a Ph.D. and Master of Arts degree in ancient history from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics from the University of Massachusetts. The Cooper award is named in honor of H. Lee Cooper, long-time friend and supporter of USI. The award was presented at the Fall Faculty and Administrative Staff Meeting. It includes a generous stipend, a plaque, and additional monies for travel and related faculty development. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News & Information Services 812/461-5259 or wkbredhold@usi.edu |
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