Depanneur prize at the BIO Christmas Party

I got a prize (in absentia) from BIO!!!

Here is the motivation:

”BIO Depanneur

There are also words in other languages for which there are no equivalents in translation. One of these is the French expression., chomage technique – which means that you cannot work for technical reasons beyond your control – something that happened at HIB yesterday!! We have given this next prize another French name, “depannage” which means, in several English words, “something that is used to over come or get around something that has broken down”!!!

Here at BIO are many exceptional teachers and many exceptional courses. We would like to congratulate all the teachers on their amazing efforts to develop and lead interesting, informative and meaningful courses.
Tonight we would like to recognise a teacher who was not only exceptional, motivational and effective, but who was actually not meant to be a course leader at all. The original course leader was unable to be available to take this particular course this autumn and tonight’s prize winner was only informed of their new responsibility in June!!

Despite the late notice, our winner was able to respond and she lead a very successful course this autumn. The BIO Depanneur Prize for 2007 goes to Louise Lindblom for her terrific work with BIO300. Unfortunately Louise is not with us tonight – she has returned to her family in Sweden for a well-deserved Christmas break.

Please join with us in saluting Louise and all who work so hard teaching and motivating the next generation of biologists.”