Saldívar and two
’98 grads among Dinkelspiel winners
BY KATHLEEN O'TOOLE
Five Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel
Awards for distinctive contributions to undergraduate
education will be given at commencement ceremonies on
Sunday, June 14.
The awards will go to
Monisha Bajaj and Holly B. Hindman, both members of the
Class of 1998; Patricia L. Ryan, senior lecturer in
drama; Eric Roberts, professor (teaching) of computer
science; and Ramón Saldívar, vice provost for
undergraduate education and professor of English and
comparative literature.
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Bajaj, from Danville,
Calif., was cited for her leadership of Tet Ansam, a
student organization promoting solidarity with grassroots
organizations in Haiti; for "exemplary public
service," organizing projects in East Palo Alto,
Haiti and the Dominican Republic; and for helping to
create new courses on Haiti. As a graduate student in
Latin American studies, Bajaj planned and organized a new
course on the history, culture and socio-politics of
Haiti and lobbied successfully to get Haitian Creole
added to the language curriculum. She also has been
active in public service projects.
Hindman, an undergraduate
in biological sciences from Rochester, N.Y., was honored
for developing a new course, as well as for her efforts
to make Stanford a "safer community." A member
of Stanford's swimming and diving team, she designed and
implemented a new course in human biology on the
performance and health issues of female athletes. She
also designed an alcohol prevention strategy to promote
safe and responsible party planning, coordinated the
orientation program for new students last fall and formed
a group to design and implement programs to address
eating disorders among varsity athletes.
Ryan was cited for
"fostering the development of creativity in
generations of Stanford students," for her
"endless accessibility" to the Stanford
community and for developing new course sequences in
acting and improvisation for undergraduates that have
proven valuable to them after graduation, whether they
went into professional acting or other fields. At
Stanford since 1977, Ryan is also coach of the Stanford
Improvisors, an ensemble that studies and performs
improvisational theater and is a leader in national and
international competitions.
Roberts was cited for his
commitment to the "intellectual and moral
development of students" in computer science
courses, as well as for developing curricula, software
systems and textbooks in computer programming that have
been adopted and acclaimed nationwide. Associate chair of
the department of computer science for educational
affairs, he leads a team of lecturers that teach
undergraduate computer sciences classes to majors and
non-majors alike.
Saldívar was cited for
"vision and persistence, for wise guidance and
counsel in shaping the face of undergraduate education
for the 21st century." Colleagues describe him as
the driving force behind Stanford's new Introductory
Studies program, a major effort to improve undergraduate
education, especially by giving freshmen and sophomores a
significant academic experience in a small group setting.
His persistence, patience and eloquence in numerous
committee meetings and public forums have allowed the
program to go forward, they say.
Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel
served as president of the Stanford Board of Trustees
from 1953 to 1958. His family and friends donated the
endowment for the awards as a memorial in 1960. SR
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