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120%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Inside Higher Education has named Wei Chen,
a professor of biomedical engineering at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Central
Oklahoma</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> the winner in the master’s
universities category. Chen led the development of the state’s first and
only undergraduate program in biomedical engineering. The winners, who will
receive $5,000 each, were selected by three separate panels that included
education reporters, representatives from academe, government and foundations.
The judges weighed four criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Arial;color:black'>Impact on and involvement with undergraduate students. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>Scholarly approach to teaching and learning. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>Contributions to undergraduate education in the institution,
community and profession. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:
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students. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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120%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>One professor of the year was chosen for
each of four categories of higher education: research universities, masters’
universities, baccalaureate colleges, and community colleges. You can read the
whole article at <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/20/profs">http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/20/profs</a></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
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