{"id":5750,"date":"2017-06-21T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2017-06-21T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T18:02:17","slug":"affleck-teaching-excellence-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/06\/21\/affleck-teaching-excellence-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ian Affleck, UFV Math Professor receives prestigious Teaching Excellence Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Congratulations Dr. Ian Affleck<\/a>! He’s no doubt a teacher first! He joined UFV in 2005 and has been a remarkable role model for our faculty, staff and students ever since. He was recently recognized for his outstanding teaching within the Faculty of Science. The award was presented on behalf of his colleagues and peers; but it didn’t stop there!<\/p>\n

Dr. Affleck is one of our superstar teachers ~ Lucy Lee, Dean of Science<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ian went on to receive the prestigious UFV Teaching Excellence Award<\/strong> for 2017. He was recognized by the Board of Governors and the Senate for his academic excellence in teaching.<\/p>\n

Ian\u2019s commitment to making math accessible to everyone who walks into his classroom and to fostering a love of math in his students deserves to be recognized ~ Miranda Louwerse, BSc Graduate & Faculty of Science Dean’s Medal Recipient<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ian’s passion for teaching, commitment to his students combined with his ongoing community outreach makes him the perfect recipient. On behalf of the Faculty of Science we wish him continued success!<\/p>\n

UFV Today’s <\/a>article written by Darren McDonald captures Ian’s story exceptionally well:<\/p>\n

“From Prairie to Putnam, Ian Affleck dives in to help his students succeed<\/a>” <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Built on the backs of water polo players across countless Saskatchewan beaches, Ian Affleck\u2019s dedicated approach to teaching mathematics adds up to this year\u2019s UFV Teaching Excellence Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no honour I\u2019d rather get, because this is coming from the people that I work with and learn from every day,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

A gifted student from an early age, Affleck excelled at math contests in his native Regina. But it was his summer job with Water Polo Saskatchewan that helped him discover a love of teaching. A competitive speed swimmer, he transitioned into the world of water polo in high school. He began coaching after graduation, travelling throughout June to \u201cevery small town with an outdoor pool.\u201d Then in July and August he\u2019d hit the beaches, using water jugs as goal posts to demonstrate the sport to dozens of kids at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it really helped me find myself as a teacher, coach, and a sharer of something I\u2019m passionate about. It really influenced the role I play in the classroom now,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an instructor, you need to be everything for that student, but my favourite hat to be wearing is that of a coach. I\u2019m someone who\u2019s been there before and can share advice on how to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Congratulations Dr. Ian Affleck! He’s no doubt a teacher first! He joined UFV in 2005 and has been a remarkable role model for our faculty, staff and students ever since. He was recently recognized for his outstanding teaching within the Faculty of Science. The award was presented on behalf of his colleagues and peers; but … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":5761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,20,169,5,58,6,1],"tags":[74,220,289],"class_list":["post-5750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-engineering","category-feature","category-mathstats","category-news","category-physics","category-uncategorized","tag-math","tag-teaching","tag-teaching-excellence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5750"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5760,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions\/5760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}