The 2014 FUN Achievement Award.

The JUNE edition of the FUN 2014 Workshop Proceedings at Ithaca College in 2014 is dedicated to Carol Ann Paul, who died in October 2014. The following provides background on her career achievements as a neuroscience educator, and is based on our letter for her winning nomination for the 2014 FUN Lifetime Achievement Award. Carol Ann was Emeritus Instructor in Neuroscience Laboratories at Wellesley College. As colleagues who have worked directly with her, we understand the major contributions she has made not only at Wellesley, but also to the broader neuroscience education community through her work with FUN, the Journal of Neuroscience Education (JUNE), Project Kaleidoscope, The Teagle Foundation, and the publication of Discovering Neurons: The Experimental Basis of Neuroscience. Carol Ann received the FUN Neuroscience Educator Award in 2002 and the JUNE Editor’s Choice Award in 2004, and served as a counselor (2002-04) and Secretary (2009) for FUN. These and other contributions are described in more detail below. Because of the significant impact Carol Ann has had on undergraduate education in neuroscience, we nominated her with admiration and enthusiasm for a FUN Lifetime Achievement Award. Carol Ann served on the faculty at three undergraduate institutions: Williams College (1973-1980), Harvard University (1980-1983) and Wellesley College (19832010). In all of these positions, Carol Ann specialized in laboratory training of undergraduates in biology, with a particular emphasis on physiology and neuroscience. At Wellesley, Carol Ann was a founding member in 2007 of the independent Neuroscience Program, which evolved from the interdepartmental Psychobiology (1968-1997) and Neuroscience (1997-2007) Programs. As a result, faculty are appointed directly to Neuroscience Program and do not share appointments with other departments, which has allowed the design and implementation of a new core curriculum in the neuroscience major. Carol Ann played an integral role in planning this curriculum, which is composed of introductory (NEUR 100), intermediate (NEUR 200) and advanced (NEUR 300) courses; NEUR 100 and 200 both include state-of-the-art laboratory experiences that have been widely applauded by students and faculty alike. In many cases, Carol Ann conceived of the laboratories, planned these and carried the projects through to completion. In other cases, a faculty member had a concept that Carol Ann pursued, to create an experience that incorporated the stated learning goals. While faculty in Carol Ann Paul 1948-2014