2010 Oregon Professor of the Year
Willamette chemistry Associate Professor Karen McFarlane Holman is the 2010 Oregon Professor of the Year.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman’s excellent classroom teaching style is part of what earned her the Oregon Professor of the Year award.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman teaches an introductory chemistry course at Willamette.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman also works collaboratively with her students on chemistry lab research.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
One of Holman’s former advisees, Jeff Weber ’10, went on to earn a prestigious Hertz Foundation Fellowship that gives him $250,000 for graduate school studies.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman’s chemistry and punk rock sides intersect when she gets to play with fire in the lab or with the student Chemistry Club.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Playing guitar in a local punk rock band, The Funhouse Strippers, is one of Holman’s favorite pursuits outside of Willamette.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman’s students say they appreciate that she always makes time to talk with them about chemistry, or life in general.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman helps students interpret data in a chemistry lab class.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Holman works with students in a chemistry lab class.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
Students in Willamette’s Chemistry Club practice an experiment demonstration with Holman.View High-Res Image suitable for Print.
