Calvin Names Top Teacher

February 17, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY

After 30 years in the classroom, teaching is still a thrill for Calvin College
classics professor Ken Bratt, the just-announced 2006 winner of the college's
Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching.

"Seeing the lights go on for a student is an amazing thing," says Bratt. "To
see young people leap imaginatively over the centuries and find something good
and meaningful in a culture previously irrelevant to them is richly rewarding.
It's one of the most satisfying things about teaching."

Bratt is the 14th winner of Calvin's top teaching honor -- dating back to the
award's inception in 1993 -- and will receive a one-of-a-kind medallion and a
significant financial stipend from the George B. and Margaret K. Tinholt
Endowment Fund, established at Calvin by a donor in honor of George Tinholt, a
former member of the Calvin Board of Trustees.

Receiving the award, Bratt says, is surprising.

"I had suggested maybe a dozen people this year for the award," he recalls. "I
thought they were all deserving of the honor. To be singled out in this way
from such a talent pool makes me feel a little uncomfortable."

For the complete story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2005_06/presidental_award.htm

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Received on Fri Feb 17 06:53:55 2006