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Kay Wins Major Teaching Award!

The following was taken from the Miami Report of 1/10/02:

Kay was awarded the E. Phillips Knox Teaching Award at Miami’s fall commencement Dec. 14, 2001. The $3,000 award was established by E. Phillips Knox (Miami ’68) to recognize creative, innovative and engaging teaching methods at the undergraduate level. Miami’s committee on the enhancement of learning and teaching selected Kay for the award.

Her philosophy of education is characterized by three steps — know, show and do — which she implements by investing in students as learners and as people, emphasizing effective writing, experimenting with technology in the classroom and collaborating with other scholars in interdisciplinary endeavors.

In a letter supporting her nomination, Dan Short, dean of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business, noted, "…The measure of great teachers is … whether they have had a meaningful impact on how students think and act. By this measure, Kay is a great teacher and a worthy recipient of the Knox Teaching Award."

Student evaluations praise the relevance of topics and assignments in her classes. "…The issues discussed were ones that will apply in the ‘real world,’" wrote one student, adding, "I was not ‘taught’ in this class. I was made to learn."

A nominee for Miami’s Alumni Outstanding Educator Award in 1991, 1998 and 2000, Snavely received Associate Student Government’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 1987, the Alumni Enrichment Award in 1991 and the Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Faculty Award in 1995.

Sarah Does College!

Sarah is now a first year student at Miami University. Although officially "undecided" she is leaning toward a major in speech communication. Sarah is active in the Collegiate Chorale, a mixed chorus. She was one of 11 first year students to be selected after auditions in the fall.

Sarah loves living on campus and is working in a local restaurant, The High Street Grill.

Mike Does College

Mike is a junior at Miami University this year. Mike is majoring in Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs and minoring in German. He hopes to be a participant in a European travel program offered by the Political Science Department in the summer of 2002. In his spare time Mike is a delivery guy for a local restaurant, SDS Pizza.

Bill Steps Down as Mayor

After a total of 12 years on city council and three 2-year terms as mayor, Bill decided not to run for re-election in 2001.

Other Bill News

Bill is currently chair of the Management Department at Miami University. He teaches courses in Leadership during the regular school year. Each summer, Bill and three other professors take 144 students to Western Europe for five weeks. Students earn 8 credit hours in two classes. This coming summer the five cities we will visit include: London, Paris, Zurich, Munich and Rome.

To all our friends worldwide, we hope 2002 is a great year for you - keep in touch!! You can e-mail us at wbsnavely@yahoo.com.

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