Julia Wood MA '73 is the third Carolina professor in four years to be named the North Carolina Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This is a great honor for her and for Carolina. Dr. Wood is a Roxboro native, teaches in the Department of Communication Studies, and has been on the faculty since 1975. She is a demanding teacher, and her students rave about her. She received a Tanner award in 1989 for her outstanding teaching.
Undergraduates respond enthusiastically to excellent teaching.
If they enjoy learning in Chapel Hill, they stand a good chance of becoming lifelong learners and people who lead thoughtful lives. This is my aspiration for all of our students, whatever career choices they make. It is idealistic, but I believe it's why we are charged with educating undergraduates. Chemistry, Dr. Furchgott's undergraduate major, is a traditional area of excellence, and the department has a very productive faculty today. In the future you'll see Carolina making more decisions to invest strategically in areas of the greatest excellence and promise.