Seattle University Magazine - Spring 2012

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Head of the Class | By Mike Thee

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exhilarating,” Minderhout says. It’s a model that works, says Michael Quinn, dean of the College of Science and Engineering. “With Vicky’s active-teaching model, students construct their own understandings and build their own solutions.”

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teaching—she stepped away from the classroom lectern and assembled students into small groups for discussion. She challenged her students to delve into course work through an active exchange of ideas. Initially, there was some trepidation—even resistance. But in time,

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MICHAEL QUINN, DEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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“With Vicky’s active-teaching model, students construct their own understandings and build their own solutions.”

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her new lecture-free way of teaching, also known as guided inquiry learning, was embraced by Minderhout’s students. “I never thought I could love teaching more than I did previously, but this type of classroom is really

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experience for her students while taking a leadership role in reshaping our nation’s approach to science education.” In 1997, 17 years after joining the SU faculty, Professor Minderhout radically changed her method of

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If you’re looking for one the most highly regarded faculty members in the United States, you don’t have to look very far. Chemistry Professor Vicky Minderhout of the College of Science and Engineering is the 2011 Washington State “Professor of the Year” as named by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Minderhout is the first Seattle University faculty member to receive this honor and one of only 27 faculty chosen nationwide. “Dr. Vicky Minderhout is an exemplary scholar-educator who embodies the high standard of excellence that has come to characterize Seattle University,” says Provost Isiaah Crawford. “An educator in the fullest sense of the word, Dr. Minderhout is committed to providing the very best learning

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Chemistry Professor named Professor of the Year by Carnegie Foundation and CASE

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Watch a video clip from the event at www.seattleu.edu/magazine/.

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dean at the college. The paper, “Legal Issues of Online Social Networks and the Workplace” co-authored by TERRY FOSTER, assistant professor of business law and Christopher Greene, MBA, JD, has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Law, Business and Ethics. The article, “Auctions of Hotel Rooms and Airline Seats,” by Albers Professors of Marketing REX TOH and PETER RAVEN and Associate Professor of Economics FRED DEKAY, has been accepted for publication in Tourism Analysis. Professor of Philosophy DAN DOMBROWSKI gave a lecture at Harvard Law School, titled “Immediate

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The paper appeared in the Journal of Sports Management. The article, “Dual-Agenda Leadership Formation: Pedagogy Design and Impact in a Leadership Executive MBA,” by Professor of Management SHARON LOBEL and MARILYN GIST, executive director of the Center for Leadership Formation, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Corporate Citizenship. JODI KELLY has been appointed Dean of Matteo Ricci College. Kelly, who has been at Seattle University since 1984, has served in various scholarly and leadership roles including most recently as interim

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Assistant Professor of Finance KATYA EMM and Professor of Finance VINAY DATAR had their article, “Going public through the back door: A comparative analysis of SPACs and IPOs” accepted for publication in the Banking and Finance Review. The paper was co-authored with Professor Ufuk Ince. Professor GALEN TRAIL, director of the Master of Sport Administration and Leadership program in the College of Arts and Sciences, published “The Influence of Relationship Quality on Sport Consumption Behaviors: An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Quality Framework,” with Yu Kyoum Kim and Yong Jae Ko.


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