From the
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Excellence on Campus
Outstanding Teachers and Incredible Staff
By Debbie Myers
his spring at Honors Convocation, the Siena community
gathered to celebrate a year of excellence. Renato Gonzalez, Carl Kaster and Ann Lauderdale were honored with
Siena’s highest teaching award, the Sister Eileen K. Rice, OP Award
for Outstanding Teaching. Dawn Brooks and Dean Van Horn were
the 2002 recipients of the Staff Excellence Award.
Renato Gonzalez, professor of
Spanish, has coordinated Siena’s Spanish and foreign language program since joining the
faculty in 1989. He also has put
enormous energy into Siena’s
semester in Mexico program,
Academic Dean Sharon Weber,
OP, said in presenting the
award. The citation recognized
Renato for fostering “an atmosphere that
promotes confidence and understanding”
and for stretching stude