Paula Drewniany wins Outstanding Lecturer Award
Mathematics Lecturer Paula Drewniany has received the 2020 Outstanding Lecturer Award in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The award highlights Paula’s outstanding contributions to foundational courses such as Precalculus, Calculus I and Calculus II. She has also been involved in the design of new courses (most recently Applications of Calculus) and has played a key role in shifting pedagogical and learning techniques within her department, working closely with the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CiTL) and the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE). In particular, she spearheaded a project to deploy experienced undergraduate Maine Learning Assistants to help mentor students in the mathematics classroom.