Krause and Kelly Honored with Donald W. Davis UIS Award
Tatum Krause and Judith Kelly have been named co-recipients of the 2020 Donald W. Davis University Interdisciplinary Studies (UIS) Award.
The Davis Award is presented each spring to faculty members who are effective interdisciplinary teachers and scholars; who have contributed to the UIS program as a whole; and who are advocates for interdisciplinary education.
Krause and Kelly have taught in the UIS program since 2015 and 2016, respectively. In addition, they have served as associate directors in the program for the past five years, with Krause managing student services and Kelly overseeing curriculum. UIS supports a team of 75 faculty and 220 courses each year. Krause and Kelly work tirelessly to ensure that the program is of the highest quality, and that faculty and the approximately 4,000 students who take UIS courses annually are well supported.
Krause spends countless hours each semester helping students in difficult situations find replacement courses, obtain overrides, and manage complex schedules to ensure they graduate. While this sounds like a simple task, it involves servicing hundreds of students each semester. Some of these students simply have high-credit majors, but many others struggle with academic, social, and personal problems.
The care and patience displayed by Krause are boundless—she always greets students with a smile and with a willingness to help them solve their problems. She does all of this in addition to teaching in the program, including leading the academic learning community leadership course each year, which comprises a group of first-year student leaders living together in Hawk Hall. As such, Krause must work through the complex challenge of supporting these students in both their personal and academic lives.
Kelly coordinates the development of new courses, manages the curriculum committee, and navigates faculty through the process of reviewing current UIS courses. She also goes well beyond the call of duty to coordinate campus-wide programming on areas close to her heart— Chinese arts and culture, native American culture, and human rights.
Through Kelly’s hard work, the UIS program has had the privilege of co-sponsoring events that celebrate the signing of the declaration of human rights, Chinese music, native American dance and culture, and women’s rights. She created a UIS Special Topics in Culture and History course focused on modern China, and teaches in the program, including the course Western Heritage: Social Justice.
When the UIS director took a semester-long sabbatical in spring 2019, Krause and Kelly rose to the occasion and took on the job of co-leading the program in her absence. “They not only kept the program running smoothly, but did it with grace, thoughtfulness, and inclusiveness,” says UIS Director Katharine Owens.
“They care a great deal about our UIS faculty, many of whom are part time; our student body; and our program," Owens states. "As such, Judith Kelly and Tatum Krause embody the spirit of the Donald W. Davis University Interdisciplinary Studies Award.”
The Davis Award is presented each spring to faculty members who are effective interdisciplinary teachers and scholars; who have contributed to the UIS program as a whole; and who are advocates for interdisciplinary education.
Krause and Kelly have taught in the UIS program since 2015 and 2016, respectively. In addition, they have served as associate directors in the program for the past five years, with Krause managing student services and Kelly overseeing curriculum. UIS supports a team of 75 faculty and 220 courses each year. Krause and Kelly work tirelessly to ensure that the program is of the highest quality, and that faculty and the approximately 4,000 students who take UIS courses annually are well supported.
Krause spends countless hours each semester helping students in difficult situations find replacement courses, obtain overrides, and manage complex schedules to ensure they graduate. While this sounds like a simple task, it involves servicing hundreds of students each semester. Some of these students simply have high-credit majors, but many others struggle with academic, social, and personal problems.
The care and patience displayed by Krause are boundless—she always greets students with a smile and with a willingness to help them solve their problems. She does all of this in addition to teaching in the program, including leading the academic learning community leadership course each year, which comprises a group of first-year student leaders living together in Hawk Hall. As such, Krause must work through the complex challenge of supporting these students in both their personal and academic lives.
Kelly coordinates the development of new courses, manages the curriculum committee, and navigates faculty through the process of reviewing current UIS courses. She also goes well beyond the call of duty to coordinate campus-wide programming on areas close to her heart— Chinese arts and culture, native American culture, and human rights.
Through Kelly’s hard work, the UIS program has had the privilege of co-sponsoring events that celebrate the signing of the declaration of human rights, Chinese music, native American dance and culture, and women’s rights. She created a UIS Special Topics in Culture and History course focused on modern China, and teaches in the program, including the course Western Heritage: Social Justice.
When the UIS director took a semester-long sabbatical in spring 2019, Krause and Kelly rose to the occasion and took on the job of co-leading the program in her absence. “They not only kept the program running smoothly, but did it with grace, thoughtfulness, and inclusiveness,” says UIS Director Katharine Owens.
“They care a great deal about our UIS faculty, many of whom are part time; our student body; and our program," Owens states. "As such, Judith Kelly and Tatum Krause embody the spirit of the Donald W. Davis University Interdisciplinary Studies Award.”