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Pam Doyle, Lois Sampson, Don Hastings, and Dan Squires were honored in late May 1997 as recipientsof the Master Teacher award, presented by a renowned national organization.Doyle and Sampson are Humanities Division instructors, Hastings teaches in the Natural ScienceDivision, and Squires in the Industrial Technology Division.The four honorees raise the number of Cowley faculty honored during the last 10 years to 34. TheNational Institute for Staff and Organizational Development sponsors the International Conference onTeaching and Leadership Excellence each year in Austin, Texas. The four instructors will be honored duringthe closing ceremonies of this year's conference on May 28.Doyle's primary teaching emphasis is Composition. This is her second year at Cowley.Sampson teaches Literature and Composition. She is completing her third year as a full-time instructor atthe college.Hastings teaches biology. He has been at Cowley since May 1971.Squires teaches machine tool technology and has been at Cowley full-time since August 1990.Six other Cowley faculty and staff members are making presentations at this year's NISOD conference.Sue Saia, an instructor in the Natural Science Division, is making a presentation titled "College Algebra CanBe Fun." The major focus of her presentation will be relating college algebra concepts to "real world applications."A special project and several other experiments and labs will be explored. These "assignments"will demonstrate the practical applications of such topics as graphing, functions, logarithms, logic, and probability.Pat Moreland and Pam Shaw, also instructors in the Natural Science Division, will be presenting "ThePhysical Science, College Algebra Connection." The goal of the presentation is to show that mathematics isa tool that can be used as a guide to understand the intricate order of the world around us. Scientific studyof the students' physical world is more meaningful when they can easily express scientific observations inmathematical terms. Practical activities that can be used in college algebra and physical science to connectmath and science will be demonstrated using the TI-83 calculator and the TI calculator-based lab.Bryan McChesney and JoLynne Oleson, admissions counselor and support services coordinator, alongwith Bruce Crouse, nondestructive testing instructor and chairman of the Industrial Technology Division,will present "Building A Solid Foundation With Faculty Recruitment." The presentation will demonstratehow Cowley coordinates recruiting efforts between faculty and the admissions staff. Creative recruiting andprogram marketing ideas will be shared, as well as results of their teamwork approach to recruiting.