Doctoral Student Named Outstanding Community College Instructor of the Year GSE doctoral student Cathleen Kennedy was named the Outstanding Community College teacher in the country for 1998-99. The award is part of the U.S. Professor of the Year honors given by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. "The lives of tomorrow's leaders and scholars are being shaped every day in our undergraduate classrooms and laboratories," said Carnegie Foundation President Lee S. Shulman. "In honoring these distinguished professors who have exhibited excellence in teaching their disciplines and extraordinary dedication to their students, we are supporting the centrality of teaching on campus and recognizing its importance to the future of our country." Ms. Kennedy teaches computer and information science at the College of San Mateo. She was honored for numerous accomplishments: creating a campus technology laboratory that lets students work with professionals on new technology, adapting a computer science course for distance learning, and developing an on-line interactive advising program. To secure the resources for the new technology lab, she persuaded the Network Professional Association of San Francisco to move its networking technology lab to a vacant building on her campus and to renovate the building. She got the support of several large corporations to donate the latest in computer equipment and operating systems for student use. Cathleen Kennedy was one of four winners nationwide of the Professor of the Year award-the winners, in different categories, were chosen from a field of over 500 nominees. Ms. Kennedy comes from a Cal family. Her father, Milt Schwartz, is an Engineering alumnus, '47.

Cathleen Kennedy