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APU Professor Honored with Inspirational Faculty Award
October 4, 2006
AZUSA, Calif. –
Azusa, Calif. resident Bryan Lamkin, Ph.D. an associate professor of history at Azusa Pacific University, received the 2006 Chase A. Sawtell Inspirational Faculty Award.
The award, honoring the late Chase A. Sawtell, Ph.D., highlights a faculty member who demonstrates exceptional motivational and relationship skills and challenges students spiritually and academically. Lamkin will receive a $2,000 reward accompanied by an attractive clock.
Lamkin holds a B.A. in Health Education from the University of Washington, Seattle. He received an M.A. in Church History and an M.Div. from Trinity International University, Deerfield, Ill. He earned his Ph.D. in American History from the University of California, Riverside. Lamkin has taught various history courses at APU since 1998, and is described by colleagues and students as enthusiastic, diligent, and passionate about teaching.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 50 areas of undergraduate study, 21 master's degrees, and 6 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,300.
