George C. Hoffmann Award for Faculty Excellence William Tate WILLIAM TATE, professor in the Department of Theater Arts, has served Portland State University for 43 years. The nomination portfolio for the Hoffmann Award is a testament to his exemplary contributions in instruction, university service, and scholarship. Professor Tate has been a mainstay within the Department of Theater Arts. His teaching and scholarship contribute to the strength of Portland State’s programs in acting, directing, and, most recently, film, which has shown a huge increase in the number of majors within the last four years. Professor Tate was one of the founding faculty members of the department and was, and is, a significant factor in the department’s success today. Professor Tate has brought both his professional expertise and his research into his teaching. He developed a broad range of theater- related courses throughout the years, bringing theoretical and practical knowledge into them. He has always stepped forward to help meet the needs of the students and has led a variety of student independent study courses. Professor Tate’s service to the University is exemplary. He served as chair of the Department of Theater Arts in the late 1970s and early 1980s and three times in the 1990s and early 2000s, eras of great change within the University. He has served on a variety of committees in the department, the school, and the University. He has also contributed in a variety of other ways, including as a reader at Spring Commencement, as a performer and consultant to the Simon Benson Awards Dinner, and as an adviser for both the department and the graduate education program. He has also helped the University through his service to the community as a dialect consultant and coach, as well as a dramaturg on numerous productions for local theater companies, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Artists Repertory Theater, the Portland Actors Conservatory, and Portland Center Stage, to name a few. Throughout the years Professor Tate has continued his creative activity, both in directing and acting, at a very high level. He received a Drammy Award in 2002 for his supporting actor role in The Crucible at the Artists Repertory Theater. The Hoffmann Award is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished contributions to the University in the areas of instruction, university service, and scholarship which are done in the spirit of humanism, civility, and collegiality with particular dedication to students and loyalty to the University— values especially cherished by the late George C. Hoffmann, a distinguished dean and professor of history at Portland State University. 12
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