News from the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne Australia
Professor Rae Frances presents Dr Farzard Sharifian with his award
Congratulations to Dr Farzad Sharifian (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics) who has received this years Early Career Researcher award for the Faculty of Arts.
Deans Teaching Awards
A ceremony was held last week at the Monash Staff Club to recognise excellence in teaching within the Arts Faculty. For the first time, there was also recognition of the work of sessional teaching staff.
Dr JaneMaree Maher, Associate Dean (Education), School of Political and Social Inquiry, said the Faculty of Arts contained many passionate and committed teachers and those receiving awards exemplified all the best attributes; concern for students, innovative and engaged teaching practices and a vision of education as transforming the world everyday in small yet significant ways. Nominations were made by Heads of schools and undergraduate coordinators, drawing on unit evaluations and other evidence of curriculum quality.
In her address, Professor Rae Frances congratulated all the awarded staff and said that decisions between excellent teachers were always challenging; she noted that “the number of awards today reflects the depth of talent in teaching in the Faculty of Arts”. Professor Frances said that “teachers in classrooms are Monash University’s most important ambassadors and memories of great teaching will stay with students for all of their lives”.
Dean Rae Frances and Kate Burridge
This week the Dean of Arts Professor Rae Frances awarded six academic staff with media engagement commendations. The commendation recipients were: Waleed Aly, Colleen Lewis, Craig De Wilde, Nick Economou, Paul Strangio and Dave Wright-Neville. Kate Burridge (pictured here with Professor Francis) received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Media Engagement, in part, for her role on the ABCTV’s show ‘Can We Help?’
Arts Dean's Teaching Awards recipients with Prof Mark Peel and Prof Rae Frances
A ceremony was held last week at the Monash Staff Club to recognise excellence in teaching within the Arts Faculty.
Prof Raelene Frances, new Dean of Arts
Monash University has appointed eminent historian Associate Professor Raelene Frances as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. The position carries with it an appointment as Professor.
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