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A Gift from a Celebrated Educator and Scholar
COLSA is honored to announce that Charles (Chuck) and Wilise Walker recently established The COLSA Community of Teaching and Research Scholars Award.
The award is intended to promote and preserve the unique style of teaching that can change the course of a student’s life — the kind of teaching for which Chuck Walker, professor emeritus of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, is known.
The annual award will be given to a tenured or tenure track COLSA assistant, associate or full professor who demonstrates excellence in molecular and cellular life sciences, marine biology and/or biomedical sciences and a commitment to peer mentoring and community building through their teaching. The award includes stipends for outstanding students who work with the selected recipient. The first award will be announced in May 2021 during COLSA’s college awards ceremony.
Walker taught and conducted research at UNH for 41 years before retiring in 2016. To many of his students, he was not just a professor; he was also a mentor, a role model and a friend. With this award, COLSA will continue to promote the level of excellence he brought to his job every single day.
