In a ceremony that took place this Friday, December 18th, Unicamp presented its institutional awards. The awards granted were: “Zeferino Vaz” academic recognition; Teaching Recognition for dedication to Undergraduate Teaching and Proec University Extension Award. During the ceremony, representatives of Unicamp's Higher Administration recalled the difficulties that faced the year 2020, highlighting the effort of the entire academic community to keep the University fully operational and working to combat the new coronavirus pandemic.
When commenting on the “Zeferino Vaz” Award, granted to professors who have stood out in their teaching, research and extension roles, the general coordinator of Unicamp, professor Teresa Atvars, highlighted the additional symbolism that the awards carry this year. “At this moment, the recognition has an additional value, which is the value of the struggle we have had all year to change the paradigm of the university’s functioning, but which has not minimized the institutional commitment to the public university and to academic excellence”.
Professor Marcelo Knobel, dean of Unicamp, also highlighted the engagement of the academic community with regard to the process of migrating to remote teaching. Faced with a health, economic and political crisis, the rector assessed, it became even more necessary to emphasize the fundamental role that science plays in public universities. “Naturally, we would like to thank the entire Unicamp community, who did so much to maintain this excellence and to maintain the strength of the public university, showing the country and society in general that without the public university our country and our world has no future.”
Commenting on the undergraduate teaching teaching recognition award, given to professors who stood out in activities throughout their academic career alongside undergraduate teaching, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Eliana Amaral, noted the importance of valuing this primary mission of the university. “The people who receive the award today show that it is not an effort of one part of their career, but rather a teaching attitude that is a great example and, above all, a great determinant for having a good educational environment for the learning process ”.
Finally, the ceremony also named the winners of the Pro-Rector of Extension and Culture (PROEC) extension award, granted in order to recognize dedication to this pillar of the university, based on dialogic and transformative interaction between the university and other sectors of the society. The PROEC award, recalled the Vice-Rector of Extension and Culture, Fernando Hashimoto, was created in 2019 to recognize and further promote university extension. For the teacher, the interaction that extension involves becomes even more necessary to strengthen in the face of attacks on science. “We are under massive attack against science, against culture and against freedom of thought and so we know the need to have greater contact with society. I hope we have learned that we cannot live without this relationship. We are a university that owes a lot to our contributors, who are our nation. May extension play an increasingly important role at the university”, he assessed.
Check out the winners:
“Zeferino Vaz” Academic Recognition Award
Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM): Iscia Teresinha Lopes Cendes
Faculty of Education (FE): Evely Boruchovitch
Faculty of Physical Education (FEF): Marco Antonio Coelho Bortoleto
Faculty of Food Engineering (FEA): Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning (FEC): Edevar Luvizotto Junior
Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEEC): Marco Aurélio Amaral Henriques
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FEM): Noé Cheung
Faculty of Nursing (FENF): Edinêis de Brito Guirardello
Faculty of Chemical Engineering (FEQ): Osvaldir Pereira Taranto
Faculty of Technology (FT): Rosa Cristina Cecche Lintz
Institute of Arts (IA): Verônica Fabrini Machado de Almeida
Institute of Biology (IB): Anete Pereira de Souza
Institute of Computing (IC): Hélio Pedrini
Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH): Thomas Patrick Dwyer
Institute of Physics "Gleb Wataghin” (IFGW): Fanny Béron
Institute of Geosciences (IG): Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing (IMECC): Paulo José da Silva e Silva
Institute of Chemistry (IQ): Igor Dias Jurberg
Faculty Recognition Award for Dedication to Undergraduate Teaching
Faculty of Applied Sciences (FCA): Luciana Cordeiro de Souza Fernandes
Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM): Wilson Nadruz Júnior
Faculty of Education (FE): Silvio Donizetti de Oliveira Gallo
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism (FEC): Luiz Carlos Marcos Vieira Junior
Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEEC): Walmir de Freitas Filho
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FEM): Carlos Eduardo Keutenedjian Mady
Faculty of Chemical Engineering (FEQ): Osvaldir Pereira Taranto
Faculty of Technology (FT): Rosa Cristina Cecche Lintz
Institute of Biology (IB): Lucia Elvira Alvares
instComputing ITute (IC): Edson Borin
Instituteuto of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH): Mário Augusto Medeiros da Silva
Institute of Physics "Gleb Wataghin” (IFGW): Marcus Aloizio Martinez de Aguiar
Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing (IMECC): Sandra Augusta Santos
Institute of Chemistry (IQ): Adriana Vitorino Rossi
PROEC University Extension Award
Faculty of Applied Sciences (FCA): Eliana de Toledo Ishibashi
Faculty of Education (FE): Debora Mazza
(Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism FEC): Paulo José Rocha de Albuquerque
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC): João Marcos Travassos Romano
Faculty of Physical Education (FEF): José Irineu Gorla
Faculty of Chemical Engineering (FEQ): Marisa Masumi Beppu
Institute of Biology (IB): Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral
Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing (IMECC): João Frederico da Costa Azevedo Meyer
Institute of Chemistry (IQ): Fábio Augusto
Institute of Geosciences (IG): Roberto Greco
