Stories about "Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching"
Charles Nero: This Spike Lee film is an ‘awesome takedown’ of the interracial buddy film genre

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:41 pm

Interracial buddy films like 48 Hrs. or Men in Black tell us that eradicating evil, including racism, is as "simple as black and white men becoming friends,” says Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies. That’s not only simplistic but “a lie.” Here's why.

Jennifer Koviach-Côté and Joshua Rubin share 2020 Kroepsch teaching award

Friday, April 17, 2020 11:50 am

The winners of this prestigious Bates award discuss the value of confusion, building confidence, and the “joy in a student getting it.”

Exacting, empathetic, authentic: Kelley-Romano receives Kroepsch teaching award

Thursday, April 11, 2019 2:17 pm

She's known off campus for research on campaign rhetoric and alien abduction stories, but her students love her for keeping things real.

2018 Kroepsch awardee Engel shows ‘overriding concern for his students’ progress’

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:44 pm

“That’s probably the single best lesson I learned in college,” says one of Engel's former students. "He inspired my own thinking."

The major Bates College stories of 2016–17

Friday, June 30, 2017 9:23 am

It was a year of never-befores and how-about-thats, with a few way-to-goes along the way.

Economist Michael Murray wins 2017 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching

Friday, April 7, 2017 10:06 am

The real-world power of economist Michael Murray’s teaching is on display everywhere his former students go. Here's an example.

Paula Schlax wins 2016 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching

Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:35 pm

Paula Schlax is the 2016 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, Bates College's signature honor for great teaching.

Video: Kroepsch teaching award winner Vecsey inspires and demands

Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:06 pm

Katalin Vecsey enjoys figuring out characters in plays and shares a basic…

Sonja Pieck, Kroepsch Award recipient, to discuss education as activism

Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:16 pm

Sonja Pieck, assistant professor of environmental studies and co-recipient of the 2011 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Kelsey receives College award for teaching excellence

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:34 pm

Nominated by students and alumni who extolled his scholarship, his challenge to his students and his encouragement, Professor of Psychology John Kelsey has received the College's Ruth M. and Robert H. Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching.