Annual Educational Recognition Awards May 5 will honor teaching excellence
Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Teaching recipient Mai-Lan Rogoff will deliver the Last Lecture at virtual event
UMass Medical School Communications April 28, 2021
The Educational Recognition Awards ceremony and Last Lecture return with a hybrid format after a one-year hiatus, when 21 faculty and other educators will be recognized for excellence in teaching on Wednesday, May 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. The traditional event includes words of wisdom from an esteemed teacher and recognition of community members who excel as mentors, teachers and advisors fulfilling the educational mission of UMass Medical School.
Mai-Lan Rogoff, MD
(Fargo, ND) North Dakota State University has selected it s next Professor to give their Faculty Lectureship.
William Wilson, University Distinguished Professor of agribusiness and applied economics and CHS Endowed Chair in Risk Management and trading, has been selected for the prestigious Faculty Lectureship at NDSU.
Wilson’s lecture will examine the evolution of world trade in commodities during the past three decades, and elaborate on factors that may impact future competition. He will intertwine novel research in trade, technology development and logistics.
Wilson, who teaches courses in commodity marketing and risk and strategy, is an internationally respected expert in his field. He regularly advises major agribusiness firms, railroads and food companies, with clients and projects around the world, and has served on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange board, Federal Grain Inspection Service Advisory Board and is a board member of several regional ag technology and venture ca
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