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2005 PROVOST'S GRADUATE TEACHING AND MENTORING AWARD
Dr. Marilyn Wilson
Psychology Department

Dr. Marilyn Wilson (Provost's Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award) has been a faculty member of Fresno State since 1992. She has a background in teaching preschool, kindergarten, gifted classes, sixth grade, and junior high, but considers teaching graduate students to be her most rewarding experience as an educator.

Wilson's specialty is in school psychology. She believes that her experiences working in schools as a teacher and as a school psychologist have given her first-hand knowledge of how to overcome barriers in her field.

But the most important part of teaching for Wilson is giving her students a solid background so they can go on to enjoy professional success. Not only has she helped her students reach their graduate studies goals; Wilson has helped them in their careers.

"We have a 100 percent employment rate for our school psychology students upon graduation due in part to Dr. Wilson's extremely hard work and dedication," said Karen T. Carey, professor and chair of the Psychology Department.

Wilson has a tremendous commitment to her students and has chaired 33 theses committees and has been a member of 45 theses committees. She has served as graduate chair in the Department of Psychology since 1996 and is currently chair of the University Graduate Committee.

Besides her work for the university, Wilson has been the primary evaluator of the Healthy Start Program for the Fresno Unified School District and the primary evaluator for the Fresno County Interagency Council's Neighborhood Resource Centers pilot project.