2008 Woodie Awards
Sundberg adds a lot to math
Ivan Cason
Issue date: 4/26/06 Section: News
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Sue Sundberg, mathematics professor, received the 2006 Byler Distinguished faculty award for her efforts and creativity as a professor.
Sundberg has been at Central for 17 years.
"Everyday I thoroughly enjoy going to class," she said.
Sundberg gets much of this enjoyment from the students and faculty she has come across throughout the years.
The Byler Award, which is the top award a faculty member can receive at Central, is a great accomplishment for Sundberg. She said she was pleased and excited to receive the award.
"My work is my life, and it is good to have someone recognize that you have been successful in what you have been trying to do," Sundberg said.
The Byler award is not the first award Sundberg has received. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Sundberg was awarded the Governors Award for Excellence and represented the University at a conference in Springfield.
The process involved in getting the Byler is not easy. Jeff Murphy, associate director of University Relations, said the recipient of the award is determined by the Faculty Senate Awards Committee.
"A lot of it is based on teaching, scholarly research, mentoring students, committee involvement and involvement in professional organizations," Murphy said.
"All full time faculty members receive a call for nominations and each department is to determine the criteria for the nominees," said Donna Mayeux, administrative assistant to the provost office. "However, judges require evidence of teaching excellence and professional development throughout the individual."
Sundberg has a lot of experience in these categories, but the first step in the process was to receive the nomination. Sundberg was nominated by Kathleen Desmond, Central professor. From this point, Sundberg said the nominee must get a maximum of five letters of recommendation and submit a maximum of 10 pages listing accomplishments and experience.
Sundberg's previous experiences include working for six years with the Missouri Math Academic Workshop for middle school teachers, workshop for elementary school teachers, working at the state-level developing grade level expectations for K-12 schools in mathematics as part of the No Child Left Behind Act and serving as president of the faculty senate.
Sundberg also received the award for her creativity in teaching.
"I'm in a unique and wonderful position preparing students to be teachers, so I use the kinds of techniques to teach them that I would want them to use with their own students," Sundberg said.
These techniques include a lot of activities, investigation of mathematics, group work and class discussion, as opposed to the traditional lecture format.
Sundberg has been at Central for 17 years.
"Everyday I thoroughly enjoy going to class," she said.
Sundberg gets much of this enjoyment from the students and faculty she has come across throughout the years.
The Byler Award, which is the top award a faculty member can receive at Central, is a great accomplishment for Sundberg. She said she was pleased and excited to receive the award.
"My work is my life, and it is good to have someone recognize that you have been successful in what you have been trying to do," Sundberg said.
The Byler award is not the first award Sundberg has received. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Sundberg was awarded the Governors Award for Excellence and represented the University at a conference in Springfield.
The process involved in getting the Byler is not easy. Jeff Murphy, associate director of University Relations, said the recipient of the award is determined by the Faculty Senate Awards Committee.
"A lot of it is based on teaching, scholarly research, mentoring students, committee involvement and involvement in professional organizations," Murphy said.
"All full time faculty members receive a call for nominations and each department is to determine the criteria for the nominees," said Donna Mayeux, administrative assistant to the provost office. "However, judges require evidence of teaching excellence and professional development throughout the individual."
Sundberg has a lot of experience in these categories, but the first step in the process was to receive the nomination. Sundberg was nominated by Kathleen Desmond, Central professor. From this point, Sundberg said the nominee must get a maximum of five letters of recommendation and submit a maximum of 10 pages listing accomplishments and experience.
Sundberg's previous experiences include working for six years with the Missouri Math Academic Workshop for middle school teachers, workshop for elementary school teachers, working at the state-level developing grade level expectations for K-12 schools in mathematics as part of the No Child Left Behind Act and serving as president of the faculty senate.
Sundberg also received the award for her creativity in teaching.
"I'm in a unique and wonderful position preparing students to be teachers, so I use the kinds of techniques to teach them that I would want them to use with their own students," Sundberg said.
These techniques include a lot of activities, investigation of mathematics, group work and class discussion, as opposed to the traditional lecture format.
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