Michael Kalinski has classes that last 75 minutes and might be a long haul for a room full of sleepy students but Kalinski is
known for having a way to combat this, He uses short breaks to tell anecdotes that are unrelated to the subject matter to help the
students recharge, They are entertained and look forward to coming to class.
Kalinski is an associate professor with the Department of Civil Engineering in the UK College of Engineering, He joined the depart-
ment in 2002 as an assistant professor, His research interests include engineering geophysics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, vi-
bration monitoring and mitigation, and the use of coal combustion byproducts,
In 2005, Kalinski received the prestigious National Science Foundation Early Faculty Career Award for research on understanding
and predicting the dynamic behavior of mine tailings dam materials, Kalinski was recently selected to lead a technical team to review the
Wolf Creek Dam rehabilitation project on behalf of US, Congressman Hal Rogers,
“The idea is to bring the latest and greatest research to the classroom, so that the students are learning about what’s happening now
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"Professor Kalinski is very supportive in helping students set and achieve goals and helps shed light on
what our careers as engineers will hoId."
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Terence Tunberg makes good use of research for the classroom, “It’s part of what makes me teach with enthusiasm, I feel
like I have a much larger amount of fresh material to give and I am more engaged with the material because I am working on it my-
self? he says,
Tunbergis a professor of classics in Classical Studies in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, He has taught Latin in various venues for
25 years, including teaching assignments in Belgium and Canada, as well as in
the United States, He is one ofthe directors ofthe Graduate CertiHcate Cur-
G riculum in Latin Studies at UK, which introduces future teachers of Latin to
,  I I  4 new currents in the propagation of the traditional language, Tunberg’s work
j         includes a collection of Latin speeches and commentaries on Latin works, He
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KW   , _, {zag   academic side of UK, “That’s what a university is — a universe of knowledge,
  ` .-*’  E4 V   I am grateful that the UK Alumni Association takes that seriously? he says,
_ l  I [I V // The professor has a personal interest in his students and every week holds a
ji; · rl   V   . [   ’   lunch meeting to get together and exchange ideas, “I love my discipline, I
  T         wouldn’t be in this business, believe me, if I didn’t because there are far more
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z» `         Tunberg has published numerous articles and books, He is active in pro-
‘  '  ·`   ~--· ~ I `  I V7?    V i- moting new approaches to the teaching of Latin, For more than a decade he
has offered summer seminars designed to introduce people to the spoken use
of Latin as an effective tool for teachers,
"In other courses, Latin is treated as a high school biology course, dissecting the dead carcasses of grammar
points and parts of speech without ever really engaging the animal. For Professor Tunberg, Latin is a living
breathing beautiful language, which illuminates mankind from prehistory all the way to this cen tury."
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