Dean Butler to extend term
At the request of President Richard C. Levin, Graduate School dean Jon Butler will extend his term until June 30, 2010, a year past the end of his current appointment, to provide continuity of leadership in both the Graduate School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In the fall of 2009, President Levin will appoint a search committee to advise him on Dean Butler's successor. Since 1997 Dean Butler has served in succession as director of the humanities division, chair of the Department of History, and, since 2004, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In addition, he is the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies.
In making the announcement President Levin said, "Jon Butler has served Yale with great distinction. As dean, he has been a tireless advocate for graduate education and for the quality of graduate student life. I am very grateful for his wise counsel and devoted leadership, and am delighted that he has agreed to continue as dean for an additional year."
Graduate student assembly organizes mentoring week
To highlight the importance of good mentoring as an integral part of graduate education and to celebrate some of the outstanding mentors at Yale, the Graduate Student Assembly and the Graduate School hosted Mentoring Week 2009 in February. During the week, seminars and programs focused on what to expect from a mentor and how to establish and maintain a productive and supportive relationship between faculty mentor and student "mentee." For more information, see gsa.yale.edu.
Best college professor
Jerusha B. Detweiler-Bedell ’01PhD, associate professor of psychology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, has been named the Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year. The award is one of four administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to recognize professors for their influence on teaching and their commitment to undergraduates.
According to the award announcement, "Detweiler-Bedell . . . challenges her students to investigate real-world puzzles, encouraging them to design and conduct experiments, participate in small-group debates, and engage in research projects that have resulted in changes on campus." This year's U.S. Professors of the Year award winners were selected from a pool of nearly 300 nominees. TIAA-CREF is the primary sponsor of the awards ceremony, and Phi Beta Kappa hosts a Congressional reception for the winners at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.
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