National Collegiate Honors Council
Date of this Version
Fall 2000
Abstract
In 2000 Catherine Cater marks her 55th year of teaching, a career which began in 1945 upon completion of her Ph.D. in English at the University of Michigan. Since 1962 she has taught at North Dakota State University, and although she officially retired from the faculty in 1982, she has continued to teach philosophy, direct humanities tutorials, and advise students on a volunteer basis. When the faculty at NDSU recognized her with the university's most prestigious teaching award, they made note of her role as the embodiment of the teacher-scholar "who has kept alive the tradition of liberal studies at NDSU; for her, the best that has been thought and said is appropriate for all students, and she has made that tradition accessible to all." The grace of her own scholarship has dignified that tradition, while her graciousness and perceptive guidance have encouraged generations of students, and colleagues alike, to see dignity in their own work.
Comments
Published in the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council 1:2, Fall/Winter 2000. Copyright © 2000 by the National Collegiate Honors Council.