June 22, 2019

Excellent Undergraduate Teaching

By Susan Kasten

In 2019, Professor Sylvia López received the highest teaching honor given at the College: the James R. Underkofler Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. 

Syliva Lopez, professor of Spanish, is surrounded by her students as she received the Underkofler Award in May.
Syliva Lopez, professor of Spanish, is surrounded by her students as she received the Underkofler Award in May.

Professor Sylvia López, who holds the Harry C. Moore Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, and teaches Spanish, was nominated for Beloit’s highest teaching honor by a committee of former Underkofler recipients and her students, who surrounded her in support when she was officially recognized in April. The Alliant Energy Foundation, a public utility holding company headquartered in Madison, Wis., created and funds the teaching award, named for a longtime Alliant Energy senior executive. The prize is awarded to outstanding professors teaching within the company’s service area.

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Freedom of the press, one of the critical issues of our time, was a hot topic at Beloit this year, when international press freedom advocate Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalist, served as Beloit’s Weissberg Chair.

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