Snyder receives Teaching Excellence Award by Bea Bourgeois Gil Snyder, associate professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, is the recipient of the 1997 UWM Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence. Snyder earned a bachelor's degree at UW-Madison in 1972 and a master's degree in architecture at Columbia University in 1976. He joined the UWM faculty in 1992. Snyder has served as chair of the Department of Architecture for the past four years, as chair of the Athletic Board, the UWM Lectures Committee, and the Department of Architecture's External Affairs Committee. It is especially satisfying to me as it comes at the recommendation of both current and former students.
Teaching is an incredibly invigorating and revitalizing undertaking.
Daily contact with these young minds is great, sometimes daunting, always uplifting. I feel incredibly fortunate to work with the high caliber of students I have. Unqualified praise for Snyder's teaching is repeated in letters written by former students in support of his nomination. They cite his ability to inspire, energize, and motivate them, his passionate dedication to architecture as a significant part of the human experience, and his role as an invaluable resource for new graduates in establishing connections within the profession. His teaching has been one of the guiding forces that has influenced my professional path.