Craie d'Or 2019 awarded to Donna Testerman
© 2019 Section de Physics, EPFL
The 3rd year Bachelor students in Physics have awarded the Craie d’Or of the best Bachelor Teacher to Donna Testerman for her course on advanced linear algebra.
It has now become a tradition. Towards the end of the spring semester, following the Practical Work III poster presentations, 3rd year physics students present the Craie d’Or to the Best Teacher of their bachelor curriculum.
This year, the ceremony took place on May 3rd and Gaëlle Wavre, delegate of the 3rd year students, revealed the winner. She started by thanking all the teachers, without whom the students would not be where they are now, very close to getting their bachelor degree. She then presented the Craie d'Or to Donna Testerman for her course on Advanced Linear Algebra (1st year), mentioning that the perfect structure and clarity of her lectures were particularly appreciated by the students, not to mention the small chocolates distributed before the exams.
Donna Testerman confessed that teaching math to the physics students has been a great love story. When she started teaching this course, she discovered that these students loved math and loved applying math. Since she has stopped teaching this course (after 2017), she is really missing physics students. Obviously, students are missing her too.