When Dr. Don Melander, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Arts and Sciences introduced Farid Haddad, the 2008 recipient of the Robert A. Kilgore Faculty Award at Commencement, he described a faculty member who, “teaches with all the love and enthusiasm of someone who has just discovered the joys of teaching.” A student’s evaluation of Professor Haddad’s class declared, “This was one of the best classes I have ever taken even though it met at 8:30!” Somewhere between these two accolades is a faculty member who has dedicated his life to art and his career to New England College.
Farid Haddad