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Highlights:
1980 - Dr. Walter Martin receives the Distinguished Teacher Award.
1981 - Dr. Doug Letson receives the Distinguished Teacher Award.
1983 - Dr. Ken Ledbetter receives the Distinguished Teacher Award.
1986 - First offering of the Rhetoric and Professional Writing program.
1987 - First offering of the Master's degree program in Language and Professional Writing
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| Dr. Roman Dubinski lectures a class in Hagey Hall on June 24, 1981. Among Dr. Dubinski's publications is English Religious Poetry Printed 1477-1640: A Chronological Bibliography with Indexes. |
1980
- Chairman of the Department: W.R. Macnaughton
- Dr. Walter Martin receives the Distinguished Teacher Award
- Number of faculty: 29
- Number of faculty on main campus: 23
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 5
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 2
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's College: 1
- Number of lecturers at Renison College: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 90
- Number of graduates:
70
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 62
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded:
2
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded:
6
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1981
- Dr. Doug Letson receives the Distinguished Teacher Award
- Number of graduates:
80
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded:
58
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded:
2
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded:
20
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1982
- Number of graduates: 90
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 71
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 2
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 17
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1983
- Dr. Ken Ledbetter receives the Distinguished Teacher Award
- Number of graduates: 82
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 59
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 3
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 20
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1984
- Number of faculty: 29
- Number of faculty on main campus: 24
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 5
- Number of lecturers: 3
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 1
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's College: 1
- Number of lecturers at Renison College: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 75
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1985
- Chairman of the Department: G.E. Slethaug
- Number of faculty: 30
- Number of faculty on main campus: 23
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 6
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 3
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 2
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's College: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 82
- Number of graduates: 88
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 79
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 9
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1986
- First offering of the Rhetoric and Professional Writing program
- Number of graduates: 87
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 77
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 2
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 8
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1987
- First offering of the Master's degree program in Language and Professional Writing
- Number of graduates: 92
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 71
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 21
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1988
- Speakers who visited the St. Jerome’s Reader Series: Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley
- Number of graduates: 117
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 99
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 1
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 17
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1989
- Number of faculty: 38
- Number of retired faculty: 3
- Number of faculty on main campus: 26
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 7
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of faculty at Conrad Grebel College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 1
- Number of professors emeriti: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 96
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