College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
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October 11, 2005Inaugural recipients of the Cassling Family Faculty Awards announcedTwo faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at Iowa State University have been named the first recipients of the Cassling Family Faculty Awards.Eugenia Farrar, associate professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, and Chad Gasta, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, were recognized at the LAS 2005 Teaching Award Ceremony on Monday, Oct. 10. The Cassling Family Faculty Awards recognize and reward outstanding faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Two faculty members will receive a $5000 award – one for outstanding teaching performance over an extended period of time at Iowa State and one for early achievement in teaching. The awards were established by Randal and Lori Cassling of Omaha, Neb, in honor of Randal's parents, Robert and Rita Lenore Dunn Cassling of Omaha, Neb. Robert Cassling is a 1956 graduate of Iowa State while Rita attended Iowa State and was a former Homecoming queen. Farrar has contributed enormously to teaching at Iowa State for more than 30 years. She uses a variety of formats for learning in the 14 different courses she has taught to promote scientific literacy, cultural awareness and an integrated understanding of how science relates to current issues. She consistently receives the highest scores on student evaluations of any faculty member in the department in introductory, advanced undergraduate and graduate-level courses. Gasta has been a catalyst, at Iowa State and nationally, in adapting instructional technology to the teaching and learning of foreign languages and literatures. He is the director or coordinator of four study abroad programs, two of which he created, and he has overseen a significant increase in the number of student internships offered through the department in the three years he has been internship coordinator. . |  Eugenia Farrar, LAS Dean Michael Whiteford and Chad Gasta |
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ames, Iowa 50011-1302 General Information: (515) 294-7740 Academic Advising: (515) 294-4831 Email: las@iastate.edu
Michael Whiteford - Dean Bret Larwick - Director of Technology Dave Gieseke - Director of Communications |
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