1999
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 99-015
BY SENATORS Rupert, Anderson, Andrews, Arnold, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Dennis, Dyer, Epps, Evans, Feeley, Hernandez, Hillman, Lacy, Lamborn, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Musgrave, Nichol, Owen, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Powers, Reeves, Sullivant, Tanner, Teck, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, Weddig, and Wham.;
also REPRESENTATIVES Tupa, Alexander, Allen, Bacon,
Berry, Chavez, Clapp, Clarke, Coleman, Dean, Decker, Fairbank,
Gagliardi, George, Gordon, Gotlieb, Grossman, Hagedorn, Hefley,
Hoppe, Johnson, Kaufman, Keller, Kester, King, Larson, Lawrence,
Lee, Leyba, Mace, May, McElhany, McKay, McPherson, Miller, Mitchell,
Morrison, Nunez, Paschall, Pfiffner, Plant, Ragsdale, Saliman,
Scott, Sinclair, Smith, Spence, Spradley, Stengel, Swenson, Takis,
Tapia, Tate, Taylor, Tochtrop, Tool, Veiga, Vigil, Webster, S.
Williams, T. Williams, Windels, Witwer, Young, and Zimmerman..
CONCERNING PROFESSOR DENNIS VAN GERVEN, RECIPIENT
OF THE 1998 COLORADO PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD.
WHEREAS, Skillful, enthusiastic, and innovative teachers
forever change the lives of countless students for the better
by encouraging curiosity and understanding and by contributing
to the development of mind and spirit; and
WHEREAS, The U.S. Professors of the Year Program,
sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
and administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education, is the nation's most highly respected program to recognize
outstanding teaching faculty; and
WHEREAS, The Colorado Professor of the Year represents
the thousands of talented university and college instructors throughout
the state of Colorado who serve their students, their community,
and their state with dedication; and
WHEREAS, Professor Dennis Van Gerven was one of nine
nominated from the entire body of faculty members at all Colorado
institutions of higher education to receive the 1998 Colorado
Professor of the Year Award; and
WHEREAS, Professor Van Gerven has served as a faculty
member of the University of Colorado at Boulder for over twenty
years; and
WHEREAS, In his time as a faculty member of the University
of Colorado, Professor Van Gerven has been recognized multiple
times for his achievements in teaching, including receipt of the
Dean's Superior Merit Award, the Honors Program Teaching Award,
and the President's Teaching Scholar Award; and
WHEREAS, Professor Van Gerven has "captivated
the hearts and minds of many CUBoulder students" as
the Director of the Honors Program and Professor of Anthropology;
and
WHEREAS, It is professors such as Dennis Van Gerven
who contribute to a legacy of educational excellence in undergraduate
teaching in the state of Colorado and who carry on the tradition
of making our state system of higher education the envy of many
states and other nations; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixtysecond
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives
concurring herein:
That the General Assembly of the State of Colorado
hereby recognizes Dennis Van Gerven, Professor of Anthropology
at the University of Colorado at Boulder, upon being named the
1998 Colorado Professor of the Year and hereby commends Professor
Van Gerven for his many years of dedicated service to the University
of Colorado, its students, and the community.
Be It Further Resolved,
That copies of this Resolution be sent to Professor Dennis Van
Gerven, Chancellor Richard L. Byyny, and the President of the
University of Colorado.
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Ray Powers Russell George
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES