[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING SANDRA POINDEXTER ON BEING NAMED MICHIGAN'S PROFESSOR OF THE 
                                  YEAR

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michican

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 29, 2008

  Mr. STUPAK. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Sandra Poindexter of 
Marquette, Michigan. Professor Poindexter has been named Michigan's 
Professor of the Year and I ask that you, Madam Speaker, and the entire 
U.S. House of Representatives, join me in honoring her for this 
accomplishment.
  Sandra Poindexter, who teaches information systems at Northern 
Michigan University, has been recognized as Distinguished Professor of 
the Year by the presidents of Michigan's 15 public universities. She is 
being honored for her sustained commitment to creating and infusing 
innovative teaching strategies and experiential learning opportunities 
into the classroom.
  This special recognition for Professor Poindexter is the most recent 
of many she has received for her innovations to learning, which expand 
the classroom into the community and around the world. Some of her 
special innovations to learning include creatively integrating the 
Internet and notebook computers into academic environments, forming 
team-based and service-learning experiences and also fostering 
international education through student and faculty exchange programs 
and developing the International Information Technology Student 
Conference.
  Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula is committed to 
the high-quality, visionary teaching that Sandra Poindexter embodies 
and this special award celebrates her many contributions to the 
academic world.
  Madam Speaker, as Sandra Poindexter accepts the honor of being named 
Michigan's Professor of the Year, I ask that you and the entire U.S. 
House of Representatives join with me in congratulating her on this 
momentous occasion. Teachers like her are always appreciated and I 
thank her for her contributions to education.

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