Reflections Magazine Issue #77 - Fall 2012 | Page 8

Campus Feature

BELL RINGS TRUE
AT SHU

Religious Studies Professor Earns the Respect of His
Peers and Students as the 2012 Rice Award Winner

By Austin Harper ’13—Student Writer

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Reflections Fall ’12

D

r. Ian Bell is more to his students than a professor.
He is a confidant, a role model, a leader, a mentor and a friend.
As the 2012 winner of the Sister Eileen Rice Award for Outstanding Teaching, the chair of the Humanities Division and associate professor of Religious Studies was recognized for his exceptional teaching methods and his incomparable commitment to his students.