November 27, 2002 Feature
Story
Utah
State Blue Light Honors Utah Carnegie Professor
of the Year
Public
Invited to Celebration in Sojka's Honor
To demonstrate pride in the many accomplishments of Utah State
University faculty, staff and students, the Aggie Blue Pride
Light and Carillon Bells will be turned on Monday, Dec. 2, to
honor professor Jan Sojka, the 2002 Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching Utah Professor of the Year 2002.
Utah State will host a celebration in honor of Sojka Monday,
Dec. 2, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Eccles Science Learning Center
Atrium on the university campus. The event is free and everyone
is invited. The Carillon Bells will ring at 4 p.m. to end the
celebration.
Sojka, a physics professor, was honored for his interactive
teaching style that includes getting his entire class out of
their seats to participate in group demonstrations. The Carnegie
Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding
undergraduate instructors in the country. Sojka is the faculty
advisor for the NASA Get Away Special project at Utah State,
as well the assistant director for the Center of Atmospheric
and Space Sciences, the co-associate director for the Rocky
Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium and the director for the
Bear Lake Observatory.
The Aggie Blue Pride Light sitting atop Old Main lights the
Cache Valley night sky as a symbol of Aggie tradition, heritage
and pride. Sojka is a part of this heritage that contributes
to the quality of Utah State.
Contact: John DeVilbiss (435) 797-1358
Writer: Maren Cartwright (435) 797-1355
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