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| Surprise!
You're It
by Lainey S. Cronk
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a highly entertaining colloquy program, an astonished Aubyn Fulton
was declared 2005 Educator of the Year. His gleeful wife and children
escorted him to the platform amid an uproar of applause, where
he received congratulations and quite a bit of good-natured “roasting” from
assorted friends, family members, students and colleagues.
The all-school colloquy program included a slide show that gave
a condensed history of Fulton’s life, including his college
afro and his obsession with the Lakers. Fulton’s sister,
senior psychology majors, and members of the psychology and social
work department were among those who chimed in with commentary
on Fulton’s wardrobe (including the ever-askew tie), his
spelling skills, and his campaign to avoid being educator of the
year.
A PUC faculty member since 1988, and also an alumnus, Fulton has
had plenty of time to make his mark at the college. When the audience
could catch their breath between laughing at the comic jabs made
at Fulton’s lecture mannerisms and perpetual white tennis
shoes, they received a very clear message about Fulton’s
high academic expectations, his activism, his influence on students’ lives,
and many other characteristics that make him a beloved and respected
figure on campus. Scott Fillmore, one of the student presenters,
explained, “In the last two years of being a psych major,
I’ve become a different person – and I owe that to
my psych teachers, and especially to Dr. Fulton.”
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