The Reporter, January 2003

The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Materials” field to access recent issues. ; Trustees Honor Dowel I with Award; Make Appointments Judy H. Dowell, assistant to the chancellor at Western for more than seventeen years, became only the sixth person in the university's history to receive one of the institution s highest honors when the WCU board of trustees presented her with the Trustees' Award. Retiring in December after a distinguished career in academics and administration at Western, Dowell received the surprise award, presented only on rare occasion in recognition of exemplary service to the university, as part of the board's quarterly meeting December 6. "We, as a board of trustees, really wanted to show our appreciation to Judy for what she has done for this university, for the students, for the faculty, for the administrators, for the staff of the university," Joseph Crocker, chairman of the board of trustees, said in presenting the award. "Judy Dowell has been exemplary in her service to this university and to the region, not just here on campus, but in Sylva and surrounding towns and cities." Past recipients of the Trustees' Award are Wallace N. Hyde, E.J. Whitmire, Barbara B. Coulter, Ruth C. Shuler, and Burton B. Fox. Dowell, recipient of the 2002 Paul A. Reid Distinguished continued on page 2 Faculty Center Creates Climate forTeaching, Learning Some see it as a resource for sharpening tools or honing skills. Others go there to either obtain or keep that professional edge. And some view it as a place where they can learn something new and exciting. It is the Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, the campus connection for expanding the horizons of teaching and learning. "The center is meant to be a catalyst or agent of transformation to help create an atmosphere ...