From chalkboards to the silver screen: Purdue professor's teaching extends beyond the classroom
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Randy Roberts, professor of history at Purdue, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. (Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe)
Randy Roberts announced as finalist for Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Author of more than 20 nonfiction books, consultant or on-screen expert for more than 50 documentaries and professor for more than 30 years, it would be difficult to underestimate the number of people who have learned something from Randy Roberts, 150th Anniversary Professor and Distinguished Professor of History at Purdue University. This historian’s commitment to teaching has been recognized for one of the country’s most distinctive teaching awards.