A.V. COLLEGE EDUCATOR PUTS A PREMIUM ON PERSONAL ATTENTION.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer Eugenie Trow trow intr.v. trowed, trow·ing, trows 1. Archaic To think. 2. Obsolete To suppose. [Middle English trowen, from Old English wants time - time to devote to her students. As the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. 1998-99 scholar-in-residence, Trow may get her wish. A mathematics instructor who also teaches a course for playwrights and is expanding into multimedia presentations, Trow received the highest award given to a faculty member Friday as part of Faculty Recognition Day. Trow hopes to get extra free time to help faculty members with their computer video projects. She also hopes to have more time to spend with her students. ``When I look back at my best teacher, she was the best because she had time for me,'' Trow said. ``I need time to do the very best job I can to balance the play writing and math and help teachers create video. ``I have learned the most important part of teaching is to listen to what the student says.'' As scholar-in-residence, Trow will be required to make a public presentation during the 1998-99 school year. Trow plans to present a performance piece incorporating writing, poetry, theater and computer-edited video. ``I hope to do it in the theater in the college,'' she said. Trow came to the college in fall 1971 as a math teacher. Her love of the theater led her to found the Cedar Street Theatre in 1978. In mathematics, Trow has gained a reputation for helping students through ``math anxiety.'' With prescriptive pre·scrip·tive adj. 1. Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage. 2. Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules. 3. Law Acquired by or based on uninterrupted possession. learning instructor Dave Greenleaf, she developed a two-semester algebra course to help students with extreme math anxiety or learning disabilities. One method Trow has used to help students overcome their anxieties is the use of a daily journal to write about their fears, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. college spokesman Steve Standerfer. Since 1990, Trow has been leading a course teaching students how to write and put plays together. Some of the plays will be presented in the college's Original One-Act Festival later this month. ``I have the ability to teach math and play writing and to be comfortable with both left-brain and right-brain fields of interest,'' Trow said. ``I also have a knack for taking a complex process and explaining it in simple terms.'' Trow is the 16th faculty member to receive this award, which recognizes a faculty member's outstanding commitment to helping students learn. ``Our scholars are teachers who tend to stand out in their field,'' says Standerfer. Trow is married to fellow Antelope Valley College instructor Rich Sim and is the mother of 5-year-old adopted daughter, Jasmine jasmine (jăs`mĭn, jăz–) or jessamine (jĕs`əmĭn), any plant of the genus Jasminum of the family Oleaceae (olive family). . Trow holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and theater from the College of St. Catherine The College of St. Catherine (also known as St. Kate’s) is a private Catholic college for women located in both St. Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Enrollment currently exceeds 5,200 students. and a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Math teacher Eugenie Trow is Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley College's scholar-in-residence. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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