Faculty bids ASU goodbye
By: Sara Irvin, Staff Writer
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: News
At the end of the spring semester, many faculty members held in high esteem by colleagues and students alike will say farewell to ASU.
Dr. Fritz Leifeste
Dr. Leifeste, Associate Professor of Curriculum and instruction, will be retiring after 39 years of teaching, 10 at ASU. He began at ASU in the fall of 1999 as an Assistant Professor, and later spent three years as Area Coordinator for the Texas Educators Association's "No Child Left Behind" program.
Dr. Leifeste said though he was supposed to be working half-time in both the program and faculty work, the program itself was a full-time position as he was traveling 80 nights a year primarily to Austin.
Dr. Nancy Hadley
Associate Professor of Teacher Education Dr. Nancy Hadley, who has taught at ASU for fifteen years is also saying goodbye.
According to Dr. Lu Stephens, Director of the Superintendent Program in the Department of Curriculum and instruction, Dr. Hadley is a remarkable professor who excels in technology. She received her B. S. as well as her doctorate from the University of North Texas, and has developed programs at ASU that are very successful with the undergraduate students.
Dr. J. Thomas Yokum
Dr. Yokum, Professor of Management Science, is wrapping up his 10th and final year at ASU. Dr. Tom Badgett, who was an undergraduate student with Yokum at Texas Christian University over 30 years ago, joined ASU's faculty in 1988 and is in part due credit for Yokum's decision to come on board two years later.
"What impresses me most about the man is that even though he teaches such large classes, he always recognizes his students, and he always calls them by their name," Badgett said. "How he does that, I have no idea."
According to Badgett, Yokum is a professor students respect "because he has very high standards for performance, but at the same time, he has very warm regards for them as individuals."
Jerry Perry and Dr. Walter Noelke
Dr. Fritz Leifeste
Dr. Leifeste, Associate Professor of Curriculum and instruction, will be retiring after 39 years of teaching, 10 at ASU. He began at ASU in the fall of 1999 as an Assistant Professor, and later spent three years as Area Coordinator for the Texas Educators Association's "No Child Left Behind" program.
Dr. Leifeste said though he was supposed to be working half-time in both the program and faculty work, the program itself was a full-time position as he was traveling 80 nights a year primarily to Austin.
Dr. Nancy Hadley
Associate Professor of Teacher Education Dr. Nancy Hadley, who has taught at ASU for fifteen years is also saying goodbye.
According to Dr. Lu Stephens, Director of the Superintendent Program in the Department of Curriculum and instruction, Dr. Hadley is a remarkable professor who excels in technology. She received her B. S. as well as her doctorate from the University of North Texas, and has developed programs at ASU that are very successful with the undergraduate students.
Dr. J. Thomas Yokum
Dr. Yokum, Professor of Management Science, is wrapping up his 10th and final year at ASU. Dr. Tom Badgett, who was an undergraduate student with Yokum at Texas Christian University over 30 years ago, joined ASU's faculty in 1988 and is in part due credit for Yokum's decision to come on board two years later.
"What impresses me most about the man is that even though he teaches such large classes, he always recognizes his students, and he always calls them by their name," Badgett said. "How he does that, I have no idea."
According to Badgett, Yokum is a professor students respect "because he has very high standards for performance, but at the same time, he has very warm regards for them as individuals."
Jerry Perry and Dr. Walter Noelke
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