New faculty arrive on The Bluff
(-- The Beacon)
By -- The Beacon
Mark Pitzer is a new professor of psychology, specializing in neuroscience.
Pitzer first decided to become a professor when he attended the University of Nebraska as an undergraduate. He said that one of his professors singled him out and asked him to teach a zoology lab and since then teaching has been a goal in his life.
"I was flabbergasted," Pitzer said. "I realized that this was exactly what I wanted to do. It was rewarding." Since then, he has spent time at Dominican University near Chicago and Reed College in Portland as well as Grinnell College in Iowa teaching and doing research. Pitzer said that at UP, he already sees how important the students are.
"The students are respected, thought of, and cared for by the faculty," he said.
