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Exploring a Legacy From the economy and education to transportation and science, Sen. Mark Hatfield ’43 dedicated his career to bettering the lives of Oregonians. But many people are less aware of the significant impacts he made abroad. While serving as an Oregon senator from 1967-1997, Hatfield fought for international human rights. He also worked to slow the nuclear arms race, to cut military expenditures and to end the Vietnam War. On Jan. 26, the History Department, Politics Department and Willamette University Archives and Special
Psychology Professor Wins National Teaching Award Described as “dynamic,” “brilliant” and “supportive” by her students, psychology professor Courtney Stevens won the coveted 2015 Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award. Bestowed by the American Psychological Association, the award is given to one early career psychology professor nationally to recognize excellence in psychology teaching. Stevens has taught at Willamette since 2008. During that time, she has developed and taught seven different
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courses across the psychology curriculum. She’s also incorporated major servicelearning components into three courses. Humbled by the recognition, Stevens says her primary goal as an educator is to help students develop their self-confidence and critical-thinking skills. “I put my heart into teaching,” she says. “I deeply value the opportunities I have as an educator to work with and inspire students, and I strive to be a good steward of these opportunities.”
Collections brought a team of Hatfield’s former foreign policy advisors to campus to discuss Hatfield’s legacy. For visiting history professor Christopher Foss ’07, who served as the event’s moderator, the roundtable discussion proved Hatfield was a true humanitarian in matters of foreign policy. “The senator was loved by so many people in so many ways — as a mentor, advisor, a dean of men, a professor, a senator, a governor,” he said. “You can’t say that about the vast majority of politicians.”
“Your La-Z-Boy is more likely to kill you than an Islamic terrorist.” —Religious scholar Reza Aslan quoting an FBI statistic during his speech, “Holy Wars: Religion and Violence at Home and Abroad,” on campus Feb. 9 as part of Willamette’s Atkinson Lecture Series.
The number of years since the Atkinson Graduate School of Management’s evening MBA for Professionals program was established. Last fall’s 45 students in Salem and Portland was the largest combined class so far.