HOLT RECEIVES HIS SECOND UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARD

The second time around is even better than the first, says Frank L. Holt,
two-time winner of a university-wide teaching excellence award.

Holt, professor of history, was awarded a 2005 Enron Teaching Excellence Award. Yet, it isn’t the first honor he has received from the university.

“When I won the University Teaching Excellence Award in 1990, as well as the college’s Master Teacher Award in 1989, I think it was because of my enthusiasm. Now, it’s because of my experience. I have grown within the profession as a scholar and a mentor,” Holt said.

In support of Holt, one student wrote, “Few professors possess, much less openly display, such a love and a passion for their subject matter as professor Frank L. Holt does.”

The award carries with it a trophy and a $5,000 check from an endowment established by the Enron Corp. Nominees must be tenured/tenure track faculty demonstrating excellence in teaching.

Staff writer Francine Parker