When students step into Professor E. Lauck Parke's classroom, they quickly discover that this associate professor of business administration means, well, business.
Parke demands that students arrive on time and prepared to participate.
No food, drinks, or hats are allowed inside the classroom. Students who protest these guidelines are offered a drop slip. But Parke is no dictator, as former student and current teaching assistant, Julie Kimble '00, will attest. That's why he has such great relationships with students, and with people across campus. Parke's commitment to teaching, his contagious enthusiasm and outstanding ability to inspire and motivate students earned him the UVM Alumni Association's George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award for 2000.