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Professor James R.C. Adams

Congress honored Professor Jim Adams as the No. 1 professor among all baccalaureate colleges and universities in the nation in November 2002. Students and colleagues hailed Adams for his more than 50 years of teaching, praising him as mentor, artist, archaeologist, world traveler, filmmaker, author, photographer, linguist and more.

Given by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Adams' selection as U.S. Professor of the Year topped a list of more than 400 nominees.

At the ceremony, former student and 1997 graduate Jenna Oke wrote of Adams' style. “He taught me much, not just about academics, but also about music and literature from other cultures. Always eager to share stories and discoveries resulting from his insatiable and unabashed curiosity about life, Mr. Adams inspired me to learn - about myself, about others, about the world around me." Oke now is an assistant professor of art at Manchester.

As part of his art classes, Adams' students gained hands-on experience restoring a historical mural and ceiling in a nearby community and saved thousands of dollars in consultation fees and restoration projects. Adams currently chairs the art department and also has taught in the English, Spanish, and music departments at Manchester.

Adams helped establish study abroad programs in Ecuador and Mexico, and he has exhibited art works in England, Mexico, Spain, and throughout the United States. 

James R. C. Adams (1957), professor of art, chair of the department of art, co-director of curriculum
  • B.A., George Washington University, 1951
  • M.F.A., Institute Allende incorporated to the University of Guanajuato, 1952

 

Art Professor James Adams was honored by Congress as the 2002 U.S. Professor of the Year for baccalaureate colleges.
94 percent of our full-time faculty hold Ph.D.s or the highest degree in their fields.
57 percent of our faculty have studied or lived abroad.
Our student to faculty ratio is 14:1, which means we have one outstanding faculty member for every 14 Manchester students.
Full-time faculty teach 94 percent of our classes.

According to the 2001-02 National Faculty Survey of the Higher Education Research Institute, about 98 percent of MC faculty indicated a campus priority of promoting intellectual development, compared to 77 percent nationally.
In the same extensive national study, more than 93 percent of Manchester College faculty indicated a campus priority of developing community among students and helping them understand personal values, double the national rate.