K-State floriculture professor selected for teacher fellow award

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Friday, April 27, 2007

K-STATE FLORICULTURE PROFESSOR SELECTED FOR TEACHER FELLOW AWARD

MANHATTAN -- Kimberly Williams, Kansas State University professor of horticulture, forestry and recreation resources, is receiving the Teacher Fellowship Award from the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.

Williams will be recognized with a plaque at the annual North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture conference June 20-22 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The award recognizes individuals whose efforts represent the very best in agricultural higher education. Criteria included in the selection process are statements from current students, alumni, administrative officers and peers. Factors such as availability to students, teaching innovations and departmental activity are also evaluated.

"I am especially honored to receive this award because it required letters of support from my former and current students," Williams said. "As teaching faculty, it is very rewarding to have students return after working in the industry for which your courses helped prepare them to learn that they valued your instruction and advising and that it helped them succeed."

Williams teaches courses on greenhouse management, floral crops production, horticultural internship preparation and plant nutrition. Her courses include extensive hands-on components and use of case studies. Williams has published 70 book chapters, scientific articles and industry publications, and co-authored five refereed teaching articles, one of which received the American Society for Horticulture Science Education Publication Award. She received her bachelor's degree from K-State in horticulture and completed master's and doctoral degrees from North Carolina State University. Williams joined the K-State faculty in 1997.