The Liberal Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education is pleased to present the 2007 Sterling Olmsted Award to Caroline Carvill of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. This award recognizes the many contributions Professor Carvill has made to the education of engineering students, to the community of engineering educators, and to the Liberal Education Division.
Professor Carvill received her education in English at the University of Arkansas, where she earned all of her degrees, culminating in the awarding of the Ph.D. in 1989. Since that year she has spent her entire career at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, rising quickly through the ranks to full professor. She has served as Associate Dean of the Faculty and was named head of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2004. She was also elected as the faculty representative to the Institute’s Board of Trustees. At Rose-Hulman she has earned a well deserved reputation as a superb teacher, receiving all of the Institute’s outstanding teaching awards.
During her career Professor Carvill has made a special commitment to the furtherance of service learning activities. She serves as Rose-Hulman’s Director of Service Learning, has been an ASEE Visiting Scholar for Service Learning, and initiated several unique programs at Rose-Hulman, including having her students volunteer at local non-profit agencies and subsequently write newspaper articles about the agencies, and having students construct a Habitat for Humanity house on campus. Her own service to the Terre Haute community has also been extensive, including serving as President of the Council on Domestic Abuse and President of the Planned Parenthood of Southern Indiana Advisory Council.
Dr. Carvill has been active professionally, publishing and presenting papers on her specialty of Southern literature, as well as on topics in engineering education. She has been a consistent contributor to the ASEE annual meetings and has held all of the Liberal Education Division’s offices, chairing the Division from 2001-02.
Professor Carvill is another in a line of Olmsted awardees who serve as outstanding models for the importance of the contributions that liberal studies educators make to the education of future engineers. For her career long contributions to bridging the gap between the liberal arts and the professions, the Liberal Education Division is honored to celebrate her as the 2007 recipient of its highest honor, the Sterling Olmsted Award.
Respectfully submitted,
Jerry Gravander
LED Chair, 2006-07
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