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Five BYU–Idaho faculty members were presented with the
Distinguished Faculty Award for 2005: Kathleen Barnhill, Greg
Blaser, Kendall Grant, Ann Marie Harris and Bruce Satterfield.
The Distinguished Faculty Award is a tradition with roots
extending back to 1967. Initially titled the “Distinguished
Teaching Award,” the name was changed to emphasize a broader
area of consideration than teaching.
Recipients are faculty members at BYU–Idaho who “evidence the
highest ideals of character, service and teaching,” said Phil
Packer of Academic Administration. The award recognizes
“exemplary professionalism, loyalty and teaching as a member of
the Brigham Young Unviersity-Idaho faculty.”
Nominations come from fellow faculty members, an administrator,
and students.
Kathleen Barnhill has taught 15 years at Ricks/BYU–Idaho as a
faculty member in the Department of Nursing. She and her husband
David are the parents of 11 children and two grandchildren.
“I have always thought class should be fun as well as
informative,” she said. “My favorite thing about BYU–Idaho is
working with the students.”
Greg Blaser and his wife Kira are the parents of three children
and have six grandchildren. Blaser serves on the Agronomy and
Agriculture Business faculty.
“It is an honor to be considered for the award. The time spent
here . . . has been a blessing for me individually and for my
family. I have tried to learn from each [student] and I believe
my greatest satisfaction is to be able to help them set goals
and then accomplish those goals,” he said.
Kendall Grant, an English Department faculty member, has taught
14 years at Ricks/BYU–Idaho. “Out of my 42 years, 32 of them
have been on this campus either with my father as a coach, my
mother as a teacher, or with me as a student or teacher,” said
Grant. “. . . I have never been more excited about the
possibilities of this institution. I look forward to serving
with old and new under President Clark as we seek to do God’s
work in better ways.”
Grant and his wife Susan have four children with one on the way.
Ann Marie Harris has three children and one grandchild, and has
served in the Department of Mathematics for six years. “I love
to teach, period,” she said. “I love the interactions with the
students on a day to day basis. I love that ‘light just went on’
look when understanding takes place. I love to open each class
with prayer. I count my opportunity to work here as one of the
greatest blessings of my life.”
A Religious Education Department member, Bruce Satterfield has
taught at Ricks/BYU–Idaho for 13 years. He and his wife, Carol,
are the parents of five children and one grandchild. “We learn
from the revelation . . . that learning takes place through
‘study and by faith.’ I love teaching at a University where this
approach to learning is fostered. I have personally observed
this in the lives of these young people,” Satterfield said. |