[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24009]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO HOWARD TINBERG AND ROBERT BELL

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, it is a privilege to take this 
opportunity to commend two college professors in Massachusetts for the 
national recognition they have won today. Professor of English Howard 
Tinberg at Bristol Community College in Fall River was named an 
Outstanding Community College Professor of the Year, and Robert Bell, 
professor of English at Williams College in Williamstown, was named an 
Outstanding Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year.
  The awards were presented by the Council for Advancement and Support 
of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 
Teaching. Four professors were recognized at each level of higher 
education--community college, baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral/
research--for their outstanding teaching, their commitment to 
undergraduate students and their contribution to teaching as a 
profession.
  Howard Tinberg teaches literature and composition, and is renowned 
for involving his students in researching the use of literacy in 
families and communities. He was instrumental in the establishment of 
the Writing Center at Bristol Community College and the Center for 
Teaching and Learning on the campus. He also serves as editor of the 
national journal. Teaching English in the Two-Year Colleges.
  Robert Bell's approach to teaching is grounded in his personal 
connections to his students and the exploration of literature through 
the details of the author's language. In 1994, he founded a mentoring 
program for new faculty members, the Project for Effective Teaching, 
which brings teachers together for weekly discussions, symposia and 
conferences.
  The Professors of the Year Program was created in 1981 and is the 
only national program specifically designed to recognize excellence in 
undergraduate teaching and mentoring. This year's winners were selected 
from a pool of nearly 300 teachers nominated by their provosts and 
academic vice presidents and supported by colleagues, former students, 
and current students.
  Massachusetts is proud of the national recognition earned by these 
two distinguished educators who have dedicated their careers to 
improving the learning and lives of their students and colleagues, and 
I congratulate them for their impressive leadership.

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