Leslie Reid is the University of
Calgary’s first Tamaratt Professor
in Geoscience, a position
remarkable because it is the
University’s first professorship
in teaching. Anchored by the
conviction “teaching should not
be private,” because professors
learn from students and from one
another, Leslie created “Project
Engage.”
She is dedicated not
only to making herself a better
teacher, but also her colleagues.
The Engage program reaches
far beyond her discipline and
enhances teaching of first-year
classes throughout the Faculty
of Arts and Science. Leslie has
received dozens of teaching
awards, and her student
evaluation comments illustrate
why: they included so many
variations on “enthusiastic”
the thesaurus became red
hot.
A colleague in the English
Department says, “Leslie has
had an extraordinary and direct
effect on my own teaching.” Hers
are the classes students want to
be in. If Leslie Reid achieves her
goals, students will want to be
in classes taught by everyone
at the University of Calgary. |
