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Rebecca Mroczek-Williamson Receives Award
Three faculty members at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith have received awards in recognition of their efforts in the classroom.Rebecca Mroczek-WilliamsonDr. Mroczek-Williamson, who came to UA Fort Smith in 2003 as an assistant professor in the science department, was hired to develop and teach three upper-level courses required for the newly created bachelor’s degree in biology. Two were upper-level lab courses, one in genetics and one in cell and molecular biology. The third was a non-lab course in evolutionary biology.Dr. Mroczek-Williamson was the initial faculty adviser for both the biology and biology with teacher licensure degrees and now shares those responsibilities with others in the department. She has worked with local high-school science teachers through a summer workshop supported by a No Child Left Behind grant.Dr. Mroczek-Williamson was an invited speaker at Trinity Episcopal Church, where she talked about evolution and stem-cell research. She is an annual moderator for the regional Math-Science Quiz Bowl.She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Boston University in 1997 and her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 2003, where she studied the molecular genetics of an abnormal chromosome in maize.The Speakman Award is named for a longtime teacher, administrator and Board of Trustees member, the late Lucille Speakman. Recipients receive a $1,000 monetary award and a $2,000 equipment allocation.Recipients are John Martini of Fort Smith, the Master Teacher Award; Dr. Rebecca Mroczek-Williamson of Van Buren, the Lucille Speakman Excellence Award; and Dr. Michael Looper of Greenwood, the Luella M. Krehbiel Award. » View the Award
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