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Ximena Arriaga

Faculty Partner Wins Murphy Award

Six exceptional teachers were honored with 2008 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy.
The Murphy is given annually in recognition of outstanding teaching in all phases of undergraduate instruction at the West Lafayette campus. The university's highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy is accompanied by a $10,000 cash award and induction into Purdue's Teaching Academy, which provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate and outreach teaching.

The 2008 winners are:

- Ximena Arriaga, associate professor of psychological sciences.
- Robert "Pete" Bill, professor of veterinary pharmacology.
- Becky Brown, associate professor of linguistics.
- Patricia Coyle-Rogers, associate professor of nursing.
- Linda Naimi, assistant professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision.
- Christine Wilson, associate professor of agricultural economics.

Read more about the Purdue's Honors Convocation.