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 The newly landscaped area between the Morris Library, Memorial Hall and Hullihen Hall was dedicated with a new name–Mentors’ Circle–on Oct. 12 during Homecoming Weekend activities.
“Mentors’ Circle is dedicated to a value that the institution holds high–that of the student/faculty interaction, mentoring,” UD President David P. Roselle said.
The names of all recipients of the University of Delaware Excellence-in-Teaching Award and Excellence-in-Advising Award since the program’s inception in 1960, will be recognized by an inscribed brick placed in the circle. The bricks will be installed this winter.
 Two bronze plaques, to be placed at the entrance gates to Mentors’ Circle, will read, in part, “The University of Delaware has a proud legacy of being a teaching University and, accordingly, acknowledges faculty who are distinguished by their contributions of teaching excellence and mentorship of students. The first member of the University’s faculty, the Rev. Dr. Francis Alison, was described in 1743 as ‘the greatest classical scholar in America.’”
Ardeshir Faghri, mechanical engineering, said, “I'm honored that my name will be inscribed in the circle along with a distinguished group of other teachers and mentors. I have always said that my real love of academic life lies in teaching and interacting with my students.”
Bethany Hall-Long, nursing, said she was struck by "the lovely, park-like atmosphere of Mentors' Circle as a peaceful celebration of teaching excellence and mentoring. Given the superior faculty at UD, it was truly an honor for me in 1998 to be selected by students for a teaching award. It is especially rewarding and humbling now to be recognized on Mentors' Circle. I am pleased that the anonymous donor and University created such a tribute to Dr. Francis Alison and faculty."
James Magee, political science and international relations, called Mentors’ Circle “a good move and a genuine effort to reward teachers...a good step in the right direction toward making teaching important at the University." He also said the evening was "one of the best receptions I've been to...a wonderful event with a group of people who believe that teaching is very important."
Roselle said many faculty members have told him how pleased and grateful they are to be honored by Mentors’ Circle. The president said he always adds “deserving” to that list of adjectives.
Honored on Mentors’ Circle will be
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Z
A
Kenneth Ackerman
Brian Ackerman
Deborah Allen
David Allmendinger
Margaret Andersen
B
Kali S. Banerjee
Jerry C. Beasley
Pamela Beeman
Maryanne P. Bellman
A. LeRoy Bennett
John Bergman
Catherine Bieber
David E. Black
Jan Blits
Henry N. Blount III
Charles H. Bohner
Elizabeth E. Bohning
Albert A. Branca
Thomas Brockenbrough
John A. Brown
John L. Burmeister
John Byrne
C
Daniel F. Callahan
Raymond Callahan
Kenneth Campbell
M. Sandra Carberry
Dewey Caron
E. Paul Catts
Anna Ciulla
Evelyn H. Clift
Norman E. Collins
Maurice E. Cope
E. Wayne Craven
Sarah J. Crawford
John S. Crawford
Elizabeth Crook
Donald F. Crossan
James C. Curtis
D
Julio DaCunha
Sue Davis
Jeffrey L. Davidson
Anna Janney DeArmond
Araya Debessay
Carol Denson
Gordon DiRenzo
Ivo Dominguez
Lawrence Duggan
Kathleen Duke
Elizabeth Dyer
E
Mary Anne Early
Karen Edwards
Robert B. Ennis
Mary Donaldson Evans
F
Edward Allen Fagen
Ardeshir Faghri
Gabriella Finizio
W. Bruce Finnie
Alan Fox
David R. Frey
G
Mildred M. Gaddis
Michael Gamel-McCormick
Richard W. Garvine
Barbara T. Gates
John F. Gaynor
Florence Geis
Jack A. Gerster
Edeltraut Gilgenast
Jackson F. Gillespie
James Glancey
Arnold Gordonstein
Michael D. Greenberg
Susan Groh
Eileen Grycky
Selcuk Guceri
H
Kenneth Haas
Bethany Hall-Long
Margaret E. Hamilton
Robert Hampel
William Harris
Donald W. Harward
George H. Henry
Bernard L. Herman
Robert C. Hodson
Joseph B. Huszti
Harry D. Hutchinson
I
David Ingersoll
J
Eric Jacobson
Michael Johnson
Jeffrey Jordan
K
Laurence S. Kalkstein
James R. Katzer
Joyce L. Kee
Edward H. Kerner
Kevin Kerrane
J. Robert King
Dene Klinzing
Palaniappa Krishnan
Christine Kydd
L
David E. Lamb
Madeline Lambrecht
Gorham Lane
Charles Lanier
Kenneth Lewis
Charles R. Link
Louise Little
Errol Lloyd
Kenneth Lomax
M
James Magee
Ajay Manrai
John R. Mather
Gary May
Kathleen McCoy
Allan McCutcheon
John H. McGrath III
Herman E. Michl
Mary Beth Miele
Donald Mogavero
William B. Moody
William A. Mosher
Ernest J. Moyne
Burnaby Munson
N
James E. Newton
Raymond Nichols
O
James K. Oliver
Jon H. Olson
David G. Onn
Victoria Orner
P
Lucia Palmer
Joseph Pika
Lori Pollock
Ajay Prasad
Donald J. Puglisi
Georgia B. Pyrros
R
Denis T. Raihall
Arlette Rasmussen
Russell Remage Jr.
Michael P. Rewa
Henry T. Reynolds
Daniel Rich
Edward H. Rosenberry
Roland Roth
T.W. Fraser Russell
S
Elaine B. Safer
Myron Sasser
Ernest N. Scarborough
Karen Schaeffer
Thomas R. Scott
Paul J. Sestak
Adarshpal Sethi
David E. Sheppard
Henry L. Shipman
Dean Shippy
Steven D. Skopik
Eugenia M. Slavov
Arthur Sloane
David Smith
W. Gary Smith
James R. Soles
Barbara M. Stafford
Russell Stauffer
Robert W. Stegner
Chuck Stone
Gerald M. Straka
T
Robert J. Taggart
Allan Thompson
U. Carl Toensmeyer
V
Robin Vagenas
A. Julian Valbuena
Carl A. von Frankenberg
Carol J. Vukelich
W
Robert Warren
Alfred R. Wedel
Dennis E. Wenger
Terry M. Whittaker
Julie M. Wilgen
Z
Andrew Zydney
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