2009 Board of Trustees Awards
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Dr. Chitra Chandrasekaran, Associate Professor of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences From her first day at Texas Wesleyan Dr. Chandrasekaran has mentored young scientists and engaged them in the classroom with the purpose of producing skilled problem solvers. Because she herself is a lifelong learner, her students trust and respect her quickly and are motivated to succeed in her classes. Despite teaching an overload regularly and serving as the Department Chair, Dr. C consistently earns the highest student evaluation ratings. She uses the SMART board in her courses, which allow her to stream video demonstrations and/or animations of cellular processes. Likewise, she uses the SMART Notebook technology to augment her Power Point presentations. Dr. C conducts additional pretest and posttest assessment in her courses to improve instruction and meet student needs better. Taken together, Dr. C makes per teaching her professional priority and our students benefit from her dedication, work ethic, and willingness to embrace change so to prepare them for their next step, albeit the workforce or graduate school. |
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Dr. Linda Metcalf, Associate Professor of Counseling, School of Education Dr. Metcalf published the textbook entitled How to Say it to Get into the College of Your Choice. She also submitted for review the manuscript entitled A Practice Approach to Learning Family Therapy. Finally, she submitted for publication the texts entitled “Counseling Toward Solutions” and “A Filed Guide to Counseling Toward Solutions.” Regarding presentations, Dr. Metcalf made three international presentations in Singapore, five state-wide presentations in El Paso and Corpus Christi, and one keynote at the Missouri Counseling Association Annual Conference. |
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Dr. Brenda Taylor Matthews, Professor of History, School of Arts and Sciences Dr. Matthews contributes her time and talents in countless ways to Wesleyan and the larger Fort Worth community. This year, Dr. Matthews serves as Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, served on three faculty search committees, chaired a tenure committee, served as AAUP Vice President, and was an active participant on four standing committees as well as the ad hoc committee for Faculty Handbook revisions. Active in the greater community, Dr. Matthews is an active member in Phi Alpha Theta, a Charter Member of the North Texas Fulbright Chapter, and a member of the Tarrant County Historical Society. Passionate about the preservation of historical landmarks, Dr. Matthews spearheaded the outreach initiative to clean up and refurbish the Polytechnic Cemetery, which resides on the Wesleyan campus. Because of these efforts, Ms. Mae Bruce, a descendant, had the project submitted for historical marking and the project was featured in articles in the Rambler as well as the Star Telegram. Dr. Matthews recently received word that Poly Tech Cemetery will receive a historical marking and designation, making it the 1000th Historic Cemetery in Texas. As faculty, we strive to not only teach our students the knowledge and skills of their chosen profession, but to demonstrate social awareness and responsible citizenship. To that end, Dr. Matthews is their outstanding role model. |
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Ruth Smith, Registrar, School of Law Ruth Smith serves as the Law School Registrar. Prior to coming to the law school she worked as an administrator on the Historic Campus. Ruth is responsible for collecting and calculating all law school grades. She is a self starter who also has been instrumental in assisting the law school with its technology initiatives, including its Datatel operations. As Registrar, she has implemented many improvements to our registration procedures and other student services. She is extremely creative, thoughtful, and comes up with new ideas constantly. She has excellent judgment and is always delightful and pleasant to work with. |
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