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Dr. Hussen
*To Contact Dr. Hussen*
Office: 306 Dewing Hall
Phone: 269-337-7025
E-Mail: hussen@kzoo.edu
Mail: Dr. Ahmed Hussen
Economics
Department
1200
Academy St.
Kalamazoo
MI, 49007
Spring 2004 Classes:
1. Econ 305: Intermediate Microeconomics
M, W, F 2:40-3:55
Dewing 311
2. Econ 490: Senior Topics in Environmental Studies
T
7-10PM Dewing 210
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WHAT DOES IT
TAKE TO BE A GOOD AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC
TEACHER: A Personal Reflection
I. Preface
I am truly honored to be the recipient of the 1996
Florence J.
Lucasse Lectureship award for "excellence" in teaching. I would
like to thank all of you very much, for joining me and my family to
celebrate this happy occasion. This award means a lot to me
for the following three reasons.
First, to me, this award represents a clear confirmation
(endorsement) by my colleagues and students about the high esteem they
have of me as a teacher--my chosen profession.
Second, it means a good deal to me to receive this award from an
institution where excellence in teaching is expected by students and
accepted as a norm by the faculty. Believe me, K-College is
blessed with many dedicated and outstanding teachers.
When I began preparing for the "brief" remark that I am
about to make tonight, I started with a firm decision that, whatever
topic I choose to speak tonight, it should be something that would
inform the audience (you) about me. (That is, who I am, what I do, what
turns me on and what turns me off.) Once I made this crucial
initial decision, several ideas started to cross my mind. Before
I start discussing the main topic that I finally chose for tonight, I
thought it would be quite appropriate to give you quick synopsis of
some of the other topics that I have been seriously considering for
this event.
Topic 1: What is a son of a very zealously pious and illiterate salt
merchant
from a very isolated place in Africa doing in a place like this--one of
the elite private colleges in America? You may say what is this
all about! Well, you see, like many other first immigrants to
this country, whenever I get a chance, I would like others to know
about my humble origin; my insatiable drive to succeed; nd my
remarkable personal achievements despite the enormous odds against
me. If you don’t believe this, ask my two daughters who are
repeatedly reminded “how life has been incredibly easy to them,”
followed by “a personal story of difficulties that their father had to
go through under similar circumstances.” Their normal response to
my serious commentary about their “easy” life, is “here goes Daddy!” (continue )
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