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Established in 1911 at St. Lawrence University

SLU’s Dr. Patti Frazier Lock Receives Distinguished Teaching Award

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By LAURA GAY
STAFF WRITER

The world was abuzz for the Oscars this past Sunday, where many were recognized for their outstanding contri­butions to film. Well, one of our very own, Dr. Patti Frazier Lock, was recently awarded for her own outstanding abilities in teaching. Being students at St. Lawrence University, it is no secret that we benefit from the enriching teachings and profoundly knowledgeable that professors here possess. The small classes, the one-on-one attention, and the acces­sibility to our professors also help us to gain from our world class education.

Dr. Lock, a mathematics professor, was honored with the Clarence F. Stephens Dis­tinguishing Teaching Award. The Clarence F. Stephens Dis­tinguishing Teaching Award was established by the Board of Governors of the Mathe­matical Association of Amer­ica (MAA) in 1991 as a way to recognize educators at the college/university level whom have been successful in their effectiveness as a teacher and had influence beyond his or her Institution. The recipient of this prestigious award is au­tomatically nominated for the national award, the MAA Deb­orah and Franklin Tepper Hai­mo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. Nominees for the Clarence F. Stephens Dis­tinguishing Teaching Award are all nominated by their peers whom are members of the Seaway section of MAA.

Associate Professor of Math­ematics and Department Chair of the Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Depart­ments, Dr. Daniel Look, Stephens Award is a competi­tive teaching award…that [Dr. Lock] was selected is an ac­knowledgement of her dedica­tion to and excellence in the craft of teaching,” Dr. Look said. “Although we in the de­partment are not surprised by this, we are very happy to count [Dr. Lock] among our rank and we are glad that she was chosen for this well-de­served honor.”

Dr. Lock expresses, “I am honored to receive this award…I feel very lucky to work for this great department at St. Lawrence University, where I am surrounded by so many outstanding teachers.”

Brandon Lustig ‘16, has fond memories of his time spent in Dr. Lock’s calculus II class. “I enjoyed her class; she was re­ally organized in her teaching, kept people paying attention, and was quick to give feedback on homework assignments and quizzes,” he said.

Dr. Lock has not only proved to be an excellent teacher in mathematics, but she has con­tributed to the mathematical community by publishing sev­eral academic textbooks. All of her efforts have been acknowl­edge in this prestigious award.

She has written several text­books in algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, multivariable cal­culus, and applied calculus. Her and her mathematically inclined family, including her husband and fellow St. Law­rence professor Dr. Robin Lock, and her three statistician children, all co-wrote a statis­tics text Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data.

Here at St. Lawrence Uni­versity, we congratulate you, Dr. Lock, and we are so lucky to have you.

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