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Montana Western professor honored

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Nov 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM MST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM MST

DILLON - Montana Western environmental sciences professor Rob Thomas has received a national award for his work in implementing a block scheduling system at the school.

Thomas received the national baccalaureate professor of the year award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

The two groups chose Thomas from a field of over 300 professors.

Under Western's "Experience One" block scheduling program, students take one class at a time, three hours per day for 18 days, earning the same credits over a year as students do in traditional multiple-course scheduling models. The program has been in effect for five years.

Thomas says the new scheduling system helped increase enrollment at Western.

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