Sentence examples for encouraged professor from inspiring English sources
His mother, recognizing her son's mechanical talent, encouraged Professor Huxley to study physics; in 1935, he entered Cambridge University with plans to become an engineer.
Dr. Gutmann, who has taught at Princeton for more than two decades, said that she had encouraged Professor Appiah to leave Harvard for Princeton on several occasions in the late 1990's, but that he had insisted until recently he was "not movable".
After Sept. 11, Wellesley College encouraged professors and employees to eat in the student dining halls, and it plans to do that again.
After the July release of the report done by the former F.B.I. director Louis J. Freeh, Susan Welch, the dean of Penn State's college of the liberal arts, encouraged professors to address the matter in class.
Duke University in Durham, N.C., is encouraging professors to come up with courses that incorporate iPods.
Time and money is spent encouraging professors to forge lifelong relationships with alumni, from graduation to retirement.
He was also among the first deans to encourage professors to make international trips a part of actual classes.
Rather than encourage professors to polish their credentials by publishing papers, Dr. Padrón urges them to be passionate about teaching and committed to helping students in need.
Faculty office space was intentionally reduced to encourage professors and students to use the high-speed network connections in open areas, he said.
At Columbia University's Teachers College, Lee Knefelkamp has for decades distributed 5-by-7 cards to her students every two weeks, asking on one side, "What's working for you?" and on the other, "Of what are you needful?" "It's an incredibly helpful process," said Dr. Knefelkamp, who works to encourage professors to seek such feedback.
Because teaching is given first priority in smaller research universities, some institutions struggle with encouraging professors to obtain external grants while maintaining their teaching requirements.
