Winners of the U.S. Professors of the Year program sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and supported by the Council of Independent Colleges, were announced on Thursday, November 21. 
    One of the four winners is a professor of art at Manchester College (IN). James Adams was named the Outstanding Baccalaureate College Professor of the year. During 42 years at Manchester, he has taught in the art, English, music, and Spanish departments, driven by his interest in new technologies, integrating service with learning, and interdisciplinary approaches to subjects. Other Professors of the Year winners this year are Dennis Jacobs, professor of chemistry at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (named outstanding professor for research and doctoral universities); Francisco Jimenez, the Fay Boyle Professor in the department of modern languages and literatures at Santa Clara University in California (for master’s-level universities); and Alicia Juarrero, professor of philosophy at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland (for community colleges).
    Since 1981, the CASE program has recognized outstanding professors for their dedication to teaching, commitment to students, and innovative instructional methods.