Behm Named a Eugene Oregon Best in Class

Harriet Behm (’75) was selected as one of the eight best college professors in Lane County, Oregon. Candidates were chosen from The University of Oregon, Lane Community College, and Norwest Christian Univeristy. The recognition comes from an article published by the Eugene Magazine, which occasionally writes about the most highly regarded people in various professions in the area. In order to use a rating source that encompasses everyone in the field, they used “Rate My Professor,” an online rating forum where students rate college professors. As an adjunct professor of chemistry at Lane Community College, she was the only one of the eight chosen who teaches science. She also was honored previously with a Faculty Recognition Award, where she was surprised by faculty and administrators parading into her classroom. Behm says that she puts in a lot of extra hours and works very hard to make chemistry “interesting, fun, non-scary, and accessible.” She does say, however, that students have to work very hard in her classes but are always rewarded if they are willing to put in the time and effort.