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President's
Commission honors LaBerge
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The President's Commission
on the Status of Women at Clemson University has presented the
2001 Outstanding Woman Faculty award to Martine Laberge, professor
of bioengineering. LaBerge has promoted the status of women
at Clemson University by her example as an outstanding teacher,
mentor, and role model for all students, and in particular,
for potential women engineers. She has directly facilitated |
the emergence of over 15 female engineering graduate
students into the national workforce, placing them in regulatory,
research and development, and professorship positions. She has also
been responsible for attracting over $2.5 million in sponsored research.
LaBerge is an active leader in the Women in Science
and Engineering (WISE) program, and the Society of Women Engineers.
She has the unique ability to instill in her students the desire
to learn and the desire to excel - the hallmark of an outstanding
teacher and role model.
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