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Eric Lichten wins Newton Award for Excellence
in Teaching
July 6, 2000 - Eric Lichten, a professor in the Sociology
Department at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
in Brookville, N.Y., was honored with a 2000 David Newton Award
for Teaching Excellence. Long Island University annually bestows
the Newton Award to recognize professors throughout its six campuses
who continually strive to maintain the institution's highest
teaching standards.
Dr. Lichten has been teaching at the university level since
1974. He came to C.W. Post in 1981, and was shortly thereafter
invited to adapt two courses for the Honors Department: Introduction
to Sociology and Social Institutions. He still teaches
those courses.
In 1985, Dr. Lichten received the C.W. Post Honor Society
Award for excellence in teaching. In recognition for his scholarly
achievements, he received the Long Island University Trustees
Award for Scholarly Achievement in 1989. Believing passionately
in the transforming power of critical teaching, Dr. Lichten challenges
students to think anew about their lives, society, and their
place in humanizing the world.
Long Island University honored five educators with the 2000
David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching. Winners were selected
by a committee of their peers, following nomination and support
from faculty, students and alumni. The award is named for Dr.
David Newton, a former executive vice president of Long Island
University.
For more information, call the C.W. Post Public Relations
Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu or send
mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
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