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Associate professor of English and CRR Christine Cucciarre is one of four recipients of this year’s Excellence in Teaching Awards at the University of Delaware. In her own words:
“I want those who were confident coming into my class to realize that there was, and is, more to learn about writing, and those who lacked confidence to know that they have the ability to think and write. And I really try to get them to see writing differently, as a process for making sense of all the new things they are learning.” See full story.
Let’s hear it for those who can both write and teach writing as well as run. Congratulations, Christine.
Why not race more than once in a weekend if things are going well? Maybe that was what was on the mind of CRR Diane Kukich this past weekend, as she visited her kids in Baltimore.
Half and full, or maybe just half full.
On April 3rd, three men from our group ran the Caesar Rodney Half Marathon. At age 37, CRR Barret Michalec led the way with an impressive 1:29:10, finishing 27th overall out of 612 competitors, while 65-yr.-old CRR Doug Repetti (65-69) ran a 1:50:26, and 63-yr.-old CRR Jon Fletcher finished in 2:06:03 (2:04:57 chip).
At this past Monday’s Boston Marathon, CRR Christina Parsons set a personal best at Boston by 5 minutes and 36 seconds, coming down Boylston Street and across the finish line in 3:48:56.
This time, CRR Tripp Shenton hopes to actually get to Boston. Last year, though he had a qualifying time, Shenton ended up missing the BAA-imposed cut-off time by just one second! He qualified for Boston by running the Shamrock Marathon last weekend in Virginia Beach in a very commendable 3:36:21, especially given the race conditions (20 mph sustained winds).
It seems that when CRR Diane Kukich wants to compete, she looks for the not-so-run-of-the-mill competitions and always performs well. March 6 was no exception, as she won her age group (60-69) in the 3rd Annual Central YMCA Tri-Scramble indoor triathlon.
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