Anne Spence Wins First Annual Outstanding Faculty Award

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:38:45 -0400

Please join Dr. Charles
Eggleton and the Mechanical Engineering Department in congratulating Dr. Anne
Spence, winner of this year’s Outstanding Faculty Award.Dr.
Spence is a Professor of the Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department
and our Undergraduate Program Director.

This award was presented
by the UMBC Alumni Association to Dr. Spence in honor of her outstanding track
record in Engineering Education, her commitment to our students, and her ability to help our UMBC/ME grads excel, achieve, and plot their path beyond our campus. Dr.
Spence consistently inspires our undergraduate students and has shown
dedication to our program and our University that stands out even among the
excellent Undergraduate faculty all over campus.

Winners of this award
must be nominated by alumni and chosen by a committee comprised of the alumni Board
of Directors and alumni leaders, and the recipient must show “extraordinary
teaching as demonstrated by effectiveness in motivating students in ways that
have a lasting influence on their lives.”

The award will be
presented on Thursday, October 9 at 6:30 pm in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery,
UMBC Main Campus.