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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 616 Introduced in House (IH)]

107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 616

       Recognizing the 2002 United States Professors of the Year.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2002

Mr. Roemer (for himself, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Honda, and Mr. Buyer) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION

 
       Recognizing the 2002 United States Professors of the Year.

Whereas the United States Professors of the Year are being recognized for their 
        unique teaching experiences and strategies by the Carnegie Foundation 
        for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and 
        Support of Education, and will be presented these awards in the 
        following four categories: Community College, Baccalaureate College, 
        Master's University or College, and Research and Doctoral University;
Whereas the first professor being honored is Alicia Juarrero for the Outstanding 
        Community College Professor of the Year award, who is a professor of 
        philosophy at Prince George's Community College, has taught at the 
        Largo, Maryland, institution since 1975, has created an honors 
        colloquium called ``Minds, Brains, and Machines'' at the college, 
        teaches a philosophy module in the National Endowment for the Humanities 
        that uses a college-level humanities course to bring the poor out of 
        poverty and into the full life of their communities;
Whereas the second professor being honored is James Adams for Outstanding 
        Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year, who has served Manchester 
        College in North Manchester, Indiana, for 42 years, has been an exchange 
        professor to Germany and Spain, and was instrumental in creating study-
        abroad programs on his campus;
Whereas the third professor being honored is Francisco Jimenez for Outstanding 
        Master's University and College Professor of the Year, who is the Faye 
        Boyle Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at 
        Santa Clara University, is the director of the university's Ethnic 
        Studies Program, has taught at Santa Clara University since 1973, has 
        garnered teaching awards as well as honors for publication and special 
        service to the campus and community, his teaching and writing having 
        been framed by his experiences as the child of Mexican migrant farm 
        workers, is the author of two award-winning books about his childhood, 
        and has also created an outreach program to encourage historically 
        under-represented students to become teachers; and
Whereas the final professor being honored is Dennis Jacobs for Outstanding 
        Research and Doctoral University Professor of the Year, who serves as a 
        professor at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, is a 
        professor of chemistry, was named the Carnegie Scholar in 1999 by the 
        Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, has combined 
        chemistry and service learning by creating a course in which students 
        and community partners evaluate lead contamination in area homes, and is 
        a fellow with the Center for Social Concerns focusing on methods of 
        integrating community service into the curriculum: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
these four professors should be recognized as the United States 
Professors of the Year on behalf of the Carnegie Foundation for the 
Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of 
Education.
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