A UW-Madison faculty member has nabbed the top award in the country for teaching undergraduates, becoming the first Wisconsin winner in the national competition?s 30-year history. Teri Balser, 39, an associate professor of soil science, was in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to accept the honor, called the U.S. Professor of the Year Award. Balser, in her tenth year at UW-Madison, said she was thrilled to win the award because it shows UW-Madison is serious about being outstanding both as a research institution and as a teaching university.
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