Paul Beam
Paul Beam was one of the first English professor at the University of Waterloo, known for leading the efforts to introduce "distance learning" and co-operative work-study programs.[1]
Beam became an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo in 1960, the first year the University had a small Faculty of Arts.[1] He earned his Masters degree and PhD at McMaster University and the University of Toronto, returning to Waterloo as an instructor in English in 1968.
English co-op program
The University of Waterloo had long been an innovator in cooperative work-study programs, where students alternated a work term with a study term, so, by the time they graduated they could tell their future employers they already had two years of work experience.[1] However, at first all co-op students were in technical faculties, Engineering, Math, Science. Beam took a lead role in introducing the first co-op program in the Faculty of Arts, and was the first director of its English co-op program. Beam worked diligently to help make sure the technical companies who hired thousands of skilled engineering and math students could also hire English students to fulfill the technical writing needs of their big projects.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "English at 50: Dr. Paul Beam (BA 1964)". University of Waterloo. 2004. http://english50th.uwaterloo.ca/faculty/profiles/PBeam.html. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
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