[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S14024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. PHILLIP BOARDMAN

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Phillip 
Boardman on his selection as Nevada Professor of the Year by the 
Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie 
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
  As someone whose life was transformed by education, I understand the 
importance of recognizing the work of good teachers, and I consider it 
an honor to speak today of Dr. Boardman's dedication to teaching and 
commitment to his students.
  This award is a major accomplishment. The Professor of the Year 
Awards are the only national awards to recognize college and university 
professors for their teaching skills. But this is by no means the first 
time Dr. Boardman has been honored for his great gift as a teacher. He 
has previously received awards from the University of Nevada and the 
State of Nevada Regents.
  A Professor of English and the Chair of Core Humanities at the 
University of Nevada, Reno, UNR, Dr. Boardman is an expert on English 
and Renaissance literature and has taught for three decades at UNR. 
Throughout his career he has taught courses on Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis, 
the Bible, medieval literature, linguistics, and composition.
  Dr. Boardman's contributions to teaching have not been limited to the 
university classroom. He has also delivered scores of presentations to 
high school classes, senior centers and libraries. He was the executive 
co-producer of the The Western Tradition Lectures, a videotaped series 
of nine lectures by UNR instructors.
  Dr. Boardman has also made substantial contributions to scholarship. 
Not only has he edited books and written numerous articles and reviews, 
he well soon complete his major 25-year project, The Arthurian Annals: 
The Tradition in English from the Beginnings to 2000.
  Despite his strong commitment to his teaching and scholarly 
responsibilities, Dr. Boardman also finds time to assist his colleagues 
in their development as instructors. He was the author of a successful 
National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, matched during 
1994-1998, to establish an endowment fund to support teacher stipends 
and faculty development at UNR. He has also written several articles on 
how to approach teaching medieval literature and culture.
  Dr. Boardman has led a distinguished career in an important and noble 
profession. Please join me in congratulating him on his selection as 
the Nevada Professor of the Year.

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