Carolyn Merchant, Chancellor's Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy and Ethics in Environmental Science, accepted the award on behalf of the College of Natural Resources at an April 25 ceremony in Zellerbach Playhouse, where winners of the Distinguished Teaching Award were also honored. The classroom and online versions of the course, making use of computer-based technology, offer a model for similar initiatives on and off campus.
Merchant teaches the classroom version each fall semester.
Lecturer Sandra Marburg, who modified the course for the Web, teaches the online incarnation in spring semester through UC Berkeley Extension's Center for Media and Independent Learning. They also contribute to course content by posting additional materials online. Designed to complement the campus's Distinguished Teaching Award for individual faculty, it is presented to a department, unit or group of faculty responsible for creating an outstanding program or initiative that has had a sustained impact on undergraduate education and can serve as a workable model for others. Copyright 2000, The Regents of the University of California. Produced and maintained by the Office of Public Affairs at UC Berkeley .