The students have spoken, and the winners of the 2003 Milton Plesur Awards are in.
At the Student Association Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Les Skolnik, SA student affairs director, announced that Kushal Bhardwaj, adjunct instructor of African American studies; James Holmes, professor of economics; Barbara Sherman, teaching assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Kenneth Takeuchi, professor of inorganic chemistry; and Bernard Weinstein, professor of physics, were this year's winners.
Two of the recipients are repeat winners; Taeuchi won the award in 1985, 1989, and 1997, while Holmes received the award in 1996.
According to the SA Web site, the Milton Plesur awards - named after a UB history professor who died in 1987 - are given to undergraduate instructors "who have inspired, excited or had a positive and memorable effect" on their students.
Each year, undergraduates can nominate a professor who they feel has had a positive impact on their academic experience at UB. An SA committee chooses the final winners.
Skolnik, who was head of this year's committee, said the five winners were chosen from the field of 10 nominated professors because "they had multiple, exceptional nominations."
A more in-depth article regarding the winners will be published in Friday's issue of The Spectrum.
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