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Yesterday I learned that friend and colleague Dr. Nancy Squires, senior instructor in @OregonStateMIME, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday.
This is a huge loss, both personally and professionally.
https://mime.oregonstate.edu/people/nancy-squires
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This is a huge loss, both personally and professionally.
https://mime.oregonstate.edu/people/nancy-squires
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Nancy is quite simply one of the best teachers I’ve ever known, and also one of the best humans.
She won the @OregonStateMIME teaching award so often we jokingly referred to it as the annual “Nancy Squires Teaching Award”.
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She won the @OregonStateMIME teaching award so often we jokingly referred to it as the annual “Nancy Squires Teaching Award”.
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Amazingly, this was Nancy’s *second* career. She retired in 2005 from the aerospace industry, to come teach here.
Since then, she has taught more & more diverse courses than anyone else, and served as faculty advisor for @OregonStateAIAA and countless student projects.
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Since then, she has taught more & more diverse courses than anyone else, and served as faculty advisor for @OregonStateAIAA and countless student projects.
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Nancy was also the heart and brains behind the growing aerospace engineering program in @OregonStateMIME, starting as a minor for mechanical engineering students.
I/we will do our best to continue building this, but she is irreplaceable in so many ways.
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I/we will do our best to continue building this, but she is irreplaceable in so many ways.
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Personally, I wish I had learned more from her. She gave me her teaching materials for the undergrad numerical methods course that I still teach regularly, and while I’ve continued to make it my own, I still use elements from her, including a fun Apollo orbit problem.
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@OregonStateMIME is going to be a bit less bright without Nancy. The hallway outside our offices would always fill with students waiting to see her.
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When we ran into each other, Nancy would always stop and chat—occasionally for a while—and always end by telling me to have a wonderful day.
So, I’m very sad. But also thankful for the chance to work with and get to know her over the last seven years.
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So, I’m very sad. But also thankful for the chance to work with and get to know her over the last seven years.
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Well, I’m officially crying again after seeing this video for Nancy put together by @SoundingRocket
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