Chhany Sak-Humphry is an associate professor in the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures at UH Manoa. (Photo: Courtesy of Chhany Sak-Humphry)Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Monday, 06 September 2010
“If we have made such an effort and they applaud us like this, then we have to continue to do more for others to have the ability to teach our Khmer language in other universities.”A Cambodian professor in the state of Hawaii has been given a distinguished award for the creation of a Khmer-language program there.
Chhany Sak Humphry was awarded the Regent's Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Hawaii for her work building the language program over nearly 25 years, said John Mayer, director of the Indo-Pacific Department of Languages and Literature at the university.
Humphry, who is 57, had created “the best Cambodian program in the US,” he said, through an online program, text book and CD.
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