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October 9, 2007Two faculty members receive Cassling Family Faculty Awards for outstanding teachingTwo faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at Iowa State University have been named the recipients of the Cassling Family Faculty Awards. Debra Marquart, professor of English, and John Monroe, assistant professor of history, were recognized at last night's LAS Teaching Awards Dinner. The Cassling Family Faculty Awards recognize and reward outstanding faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Two faculty members will each 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. The recipient of many national honors, Marquart uses her experience as a poet and creative writer to help her students understand their own struggles with language. Her students speak of her as an exceptional teacher and beloved mentor, whom many expressly emulate when they too become teachers of writing. Deeply committed to his teaching, Monroe has developed a lecture technique that brings historical material alive for his students, whether they are history majors or non-majors and in small classes or large. | ||