Edward Phelps Lyman Professorship

2017 Lyman Award

Professor Cynthia Brandenburg

The 2017 Lyman Award recipient is Cyndi Brandenburg of the Core Division.

Cyndi is well respected by her colleagues, as illustrated by the following comments:

Shared Governance is a concept we discuss and work to employ at Champlain. It is my belief that she exemplifies the idea of shared governance through her quest to be a leader who brings transparency and honesty to the position. Collecting information and making informed choices is paramount to what she believes.

She has an excellent reputation amongst her colleagues as being fair, open- minded and collegial in nature. It does not hurt that she has a good sense of humor and a clear way of thinking through, and summing up the issues. In project work, she listened attentively, worked very hard and never complained about the amount of work or the complexity of that work.

Here are some highlights from our students:  

She is incredibly intelligent and well informed. She does a great job of letting the students control discussions.  

An understanding, thoughtful teacher, who genuinely cares about her work and her students.  

This professor has in fact affected my life, and I would tell her to keep doing what you're doing cause your making the world a better place by fostering great education for us students.  

She brings up a lot of interesting points and topics that provoke wonder.

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