Professor Eleanor Helms wins Distinguished Teaching Award!

Congratulations to Professor Eleanor Helms, who was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Award during AY 2023-2024 for her excellence in teaching at Cal Poly!

 Eleanor Helms' students see her passion in her teaching style and her genuine interest in students' perspectives. A student nominator wrote that “Professor Helms focuses on guiding discussions; rather than providing viewpoints for students to agree with or dispute, she asks for students' views on a subject, then facilitates a discussion that allows for a deeper understanding of both the subject and material involved. Helms is kind and thoughtful towards students, and always comes to class and office hours with a calm and level temperament, while still maintaining enthusiasm in the course subjects. “Professor Helms is truly a kind and thoughtful professor; she is thoroughly knowledgeable and passionate about her work and areas of study and she is incredibly well-spoken and professional, with an unparalleled understanding of her areas of specialty,” wrote a student nominator. “To see a professor with such a degree of enthusiasm for their work is a motivation to me to pursue a further career in academia, with the hope to continue to learn from others with the same passion and fascination with their studies.”