George C. Hoffmann Award for Faculty Excellence Lois Delcambre, Ph.D. LOIS DELCAMBRE, PH.D., professor of Computer Science, has served many educational organizations in the Pacific Northwest, after arriving at Portland State University in 2004. Professor Delcambre embodies the essence of faculty excellence through her dedication to the success of students, her contributions to research and education, and her strong sense of camaraderie and collaboration. Professor Delcambre has made significant contributions to student outreach. With a goal to increase female student retention and using her past experiences as a guide, her efforts have been most successful. She is a dedicated professor and is well known and valued as a role model for women in the area of computer science. As a mentor, Professor Delcambre thrives on regularly working with high school students to encourage an interest in computer science. Her dedication and advice to Ph.D. students is unsurpassed. She nurtures them through the process while instilling a sense of self-assuredness and independence, and demonstrating how scholarship can apply to real life. Professor Delcambre’s academic expertise and collegiality is well known and respected at PSU and beyond. Her instructional innovations reach far beyond the Northwest and play a key role in computer education instruction nationwide, including highly effective work with the STEM Robotics Initiative. Her high quality and range of publications, along with her success in obtaining grants is substantial. She has been awarded 13 research grants over the past 10 years. 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. 14
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