K-State Selects Recipients of 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

 

The awards, which each include a $2,500 honorarium and a plaque, are supported by the K-State president's office and the Curtin Property Company, a real estate development company with offices in Manhattan and Kansas City.  The awards are coordinated through the KSU Foundation.  Among the five recipients was Larry Weaver, professor of physics

 

Weaver has taught almost every course offered by the department of physics. In addition, he serves as a liaison to the College of Education Partnerships Program, which aids future teachers in studying physics.  He also has directed the summer Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates, which brings college physics students from across the region to K-State to study.  "I want my students to understand that learning physics is not about simply memorizing facts or plugging numbers into equations.  I want students to understand how and why physicists have the knowledge they do," Weaver said.

 

K-State faculty member since 1970, he was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1984.  He is a Fulbright Fellow, serving at Justus-Liebig University in Germany in 1989. He also received the William L. Stamey Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1990.