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Professors Walsh and Wilber Honored

By Whitney Fountas

Last week, the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) selected John Walsh as a Faculty Fellow and Kate Wilber received a USC-Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Walsh, assistant professor in gerontology and neuroscience, is one of four Fellows chosen this year.  He joins a group of Active Fellows and will serve for three years, starting in August of 2007, before joining the ranks of the Distinguished Faculty Fellows.

“My goal will be to build a center for course and teaching enhancements at USC, which will be recognized as a Davis School enterprise," Walsh said.

He joins a small academy of exemplary scholars dedicated to excellence in teaching and innovation in education.

“It is an honor to be recognized and acknowledged by the CET. The appointment is a validation of all the effort I have put into my teaching and it shows the benefit of working with the strong technology group of the Davis School.”

Dean Gerald C. Davison, a CET Distinguished Fellow since 2003, congratulated Walsh.

“His teaching is innovative and effective, matched only by his unflagging commitment to the instructional enterprise,” Davison said.

A university-wide selection committee of the USC-Mellon Awards for Excellence in Mentoring also recognized Kate Wilber for providing guidance and support to graduate students in gerontology.

 “I have been privileged to learn from people who were both stars in the field of gerontology and generous mentors,” explained Dr. Wilber, the Mary Pickford Foundation Professor of Gerontology. 

Wilber specializes in guardianship, research on elder abuse, health services and policy investigations on long-term care. 

“Giving back to students is a natural extension and a way to pass on the legacy that was given to me.”

Davison also praised Wilber upon receiving her award.

“This is a signal distinction and an apt recognition of someone who has devoted herself for years to the education and mentoring of many Gero students.”

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Kate Wilber, Ph.D. and John Walsh, Ph.D. were honored by the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching.

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