{"id":15141,"date":"2014-07-03T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T19:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=15141"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:16:44","slug":"mentor-many-spotlight-kim-hellemans-provosts-fellowship-teaching-award-winner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2014\/mentor-many-spotlight-kim-hellemans-provosts-fellowship-teaching-award-winner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mentor to Many: Spotlight on Kim Hellemans, Provost\u2019s Fellowship in Teaching Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cassandra Hendry<\/em><\/p>\n

For a professor to win the Provost\u2019s Fellowship in Teaching Award, one of 杏吧原创\u2019s most coveted teaching awards, they have to excel in numerous aspects of the university environment. Applications include teaching evaluations, letters from current and past students, and support from fellow faculty members; all in all, an intensive process.<\/p>\n

And neuroscience prof Kim Hellemans did all of this, and won, while at home juggling a very important commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to be recognized despite the fact that I\u2019m on maternity leave,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Hellemans\u2019 win doesn\u2019t come as a surprise to many. The acclaimed neuroscience prof received scores of letters from her students, including one from a student she taught 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I have had contact with hundreds of teachers in the classroom and on the wards over my years as student, Dr. Hellemans ranks in the top one per-cent,\u201d wrote former student Dr. Pamela Liao, now a clinician in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Another letter from a current student explains how she went from being on academic warning to a straight-A student. Through her mentoring, the student remarked that Hellemans \u201cnever fail[ed] to make me feel like an individual student instead of just a student number.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how does a professor become so beloved? Hellemans says the answer is twofold: a passion for teaching and how you treat your students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI treat all students as equals. Yes I\u2019ve been at this for many years, but I don\u2019t talk down to them and I try to encourage my students to come talk to me in my office and not be intimidated,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t even need to talk about the subject matter, I just want to get to know them. It personalizes the learning experience a bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her love of the craft and strong bonds with students have made Hellemans a beacon of mentorship in the neuroscience department. Another current student summed this up by writing that Hellemans has \u201ctruly turned the department into a community of student support and collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her own words, Hellemans says one of the most touching moments of her career at 杏吧原创 was when she attended her first student convocation this year and watched as a dozen of her students crossed the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew all these students and all their stories, and I knew where they were going, where they\u2019ve come from and their struggles,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that contributes to the sense of community with our undergraduates. They really feel they have a neuroscience identity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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