Martin Receives UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence
4/26/2007 4:06:15 PM
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Wilmington, N.C. - Sherrill V. Martin, professor of music at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has been selected as a 2007 Excellence in Teaching Award recipient by the Board of Governors of the 16-campus University of North Carolina. During a recognition luncheon to be held in conjunction with the board's May 11 meeting, a faculty member from each UNC campus will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize.
The 16 recipients, representing an array of academic disciplines, were nominated by special committees on their home campuses and selected by the Board of Governors Committee on Personnel and Tenure, chaired by Charles Mercer of Raleigh. The awards will be presented by UNC President Erskine Bowles and Board of Governors Chairman Jim Phillips of Greensboro.
Martin said she believes that much of the strength of her teaching, both classroom and studio, results from the experience gained through performance and scholarship. Her excitement about sharing new discoveries with her students is rewarded and reinforced when they share their enthusiasm about new ideas with her. As a former student stated, "She is a 'teacher's teacher,' unstinting in her commitment to students, creative and resourceful in her choice of the literature, sage and witty in her presentation."
At UNCW, Martin has contributed to the personal and professional growth of thousands of students. She noted, "I believe that, in addition to helping some of my students prepare for professional and personal challenges in music, an even more important objective is to help all students lead richer, more productive lives through their involvement with music."
Martin credits her participation in seminars through the National Endowment for the Humanities with significantly changing the direction of her research, service, and teaching.
Formerly a Renaissance scholar, she now includes new editions of music, women in music, Civil War music, and other American and African-American topics in publications and presentations to university, community and professional groups around the world. Her scholarship, in turn, has inspired her students, who have won several awards in the UNCW Undergraduate Research competition.
At UNCW since 1979, Professor Martin has received a UNCW Award for Faculty Scholarship, a Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award, and a Distinguished Teaching Professorship. She received her baccalaureate degree in piano performance from Samford University, a master's degree in piano performance from the University of Alabama, and a doctoral degree in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Established by the Board of Governors in 1994 to underscore the importance of teaching and to reward good teaching across the University, the awards are given annually to a tenured faculty member from each UNC campus. Winners must have taught at their present institutions for at least seven years. No one may receive the award more than once.
Media contacts:
Dana Fischetti, manager of news and media relations, UNCW, 910.962.7259 or fischettid@uncw.edu
Joni Worthington, UNC General Administration, 919.962.4629 or worthj@northcarolina.edu
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