Dr. Jose D'Arruda
UNC-Pembroke
3225 Oxendine Science Building
Pembroke, NC 28372
(910) 521-6423
jose.darruda@uncp.edu

Dr. Jose D’Arruda is the 2007 recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. A UNCP faculty member for more than three decades, D’Arruda exemplifies high standards of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. He is a leader in and out of the classroom and a strong promoter of physics and science education, especially in southeastern North Carolina.

Among his many accomplishments, D’Arruda established a Regional Science Fair that attracts thousands of elementary, middle, and high school students. He received the Distinguished Service to Education Award from the North Carolina Science Teachers Association and he also opened the UNCP Observatory, which he considers a highlight of his career. He developed a program called Mr. and Mrs. Wizard to enable elementary students to strengthen their science and math skills; and in 2006, he established the José and Dorothy D’Arruda Endowed Scholarship, which benefits a UNCP student majoring in physics.

At UNCP since 1974, D’Arruda holds a baccalaureate degree in physics and mathematics from Lowell Technologic Institute. He also earned a master’s in physics and a doctoral degree in theoretical physics from the University of Delaware.

Link to webpage--- http://www.uncp.edu/home/jose/