MEET OUR NEW MASTER EDUCATORS Fourteen UMDNJ faculty members were elected to the University's Master Educators Guild in July. The program singles out people who "set the highest standards of academic excellence and have a true gift for teaching." Congratulations to the following:

	Ellen Townes-Anderson, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), nominated by her admiring students, has been the director of the Neurosciences Graduate Program for five years and is also the co-director of the new Integrative Neuroscience Program, a collaborative effort with Rutgers University-Newark which brings together more than 50 faculty members from nine departments.
	Linda Boyd, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), designed a patient education curriculum for residents when she was a resident herself. Boyd, who holds a National Cancer Institute grant, concentrates on smoking cessation education and breast cancer screening but loves helping students "find their own niche, be the best they can be, live balanced lives and turn out to be excellent, humanistic doctors."
	John C. Chiesa, DO, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM), has been the course director for second year SOM students for 20 years. Two time winner of the UMDNJ-Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Chiesa tries to turn on the "light bulbs" in students’ heads as they integrate basic science into their clinical experiences.
	William F. Clark, PhD, RRT, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, School of Health Related Professions (SHRP), first taught English and German in public school before pursuing a career in respiratory care and clinical instruction. An enthusiastic faculty member of SHRP since 1992 and national leader in respiratory medicine, Clark delights in mentoring socio-economically disadvantaged or minority students.
	Deborah B. Cleveland, DDS, Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, New Jersey Dental School (NJDS), joined the NJDS faculty six years ago and is the only dental school faculty member ever to cross school lines to win the Golden Apple Award from the NJMS students. Cleveland’s ability to discern what best fits her students’ learning styles is uncanny. Her most pronounced satisfaction comes from their clinical and academic achievements.
	Elaine K. Diegmann, ND, CNM, Professor, Department of Primary Care, School of Health Related Professions (SHRP), graduated from the first class of SHRP’s Nurse Midwifery program in 1976. Called an "amazing high-level educator" by one of her students, she has served as the Nurse Midwifery Program and Clinical Services Director since 1990, developing interdisciplinary courses and bringing passion, intellectual honesty and curiosity to her classroom.
	Ronald C. Haeberle, MD, DMD, Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, New Jersey Dental School (NJDS), has been a faculty member for 15 years. Winner of numerous teaching awards, including the UMDNJ Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching Award five times, Haeberle’s dedication and zeal come from his own lifelong commitment to learning.
	Richard D. Howland, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), was one of the first professors to put his entire course syllabus on the Web. Writing clinical case studies and faculty guides to illustrate important pharmacological principles and applications, Howland enhances students’ understanding in small group learning experiences and has been recognized with two Golden Apple Awards.
	Nicholas A. Ingoglia, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), has been teaching medical, dental and graduate students for 30 years. Director of the GSBS Master in Biomedical Sciences Program, Ingoglia’s students love him. Their kudos speak louder than any awards. "Damn, he’s good!" one reported. "One of the best profs I’ve seen in a long time," said another.
	Terri Goss Kinzy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), brings an enthusiasm for quality education to everything she touches at the University: student enrichment programs, Federal Work Study for disadvantaged and minority students, interactions with visiting scientists, the NIH/ Coca Cola Foundation bridge to a doctoral degree, peer tutoring and more. Kinzy is the recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Career Award, a five-year grant to recognize outstanding junior faculty.
	G. Elaine Patterson, EdD, RN, C, Associate Professor, School of Nursing (SN), adjusts her teaching style to meet the unique needs of her students. Patterson teaches both graduates and undergraduates and uses Web-based research, integrating new educational technologies into all of her courses. Appointed by the New Jersey Commissioner of Health to serve on the Advisory Council on Black Infant Mortality, Patterson also returns regularly to her alma mater, the University of the West Indies, as an examiner for their advanced nursing program.
	Mark G. Robson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health (SPH), knows every student enrolled in SPH because all of them take his Introduction to Environmental Health. Dedicated to their success, he’s been posting every class lecture, text, graphic and photograph on the Web for the past four years. Thank you’s arrive in letters, e-mails, and invitations to students’ weddings, and their children’s baptisms and bar mitzvahs years after graduation.
	Nancy R. Stevenson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), has been a lecturer, small group facilitator, lab instructor, student advisor, and for more than a decade, she has directed the medical physiology course for first year medical students as well as the physiology course for the physician assistant students. Always looking for ways to make course content clinically relevant, Stevenson recently created a series of videotaped case studies in physiology and nutrition.
	William A. Zehring, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), says that his view of teaching as a noble profession came from his grandfather, a mathematics professor at Purdue University. A talent for communication, love for knowledge and inquiry, along with a bit of salesmanship, have earmarked his approach to teaching basic science for medical students.

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