Dr. Kauser Jahan, an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University, New Jersey, USA facilitated a workshop on "Excellence in Teaching" for educators. The workshop covered topics like: principles of effective teaching and learning, learning styles, communication skills, learning objectives, class organization and course organization, development of interpersonal rapport with students, teaching with technology, course assessment techniques and meeting accreditation criteria. A skilled environmental engineer with a passion for research, Dr. Jahan has been successful in securing over $2 million in funded grants for her work on pollution prevention and innovative teaching. She is the Director of the Attracting Women into Engineering (AWE) program. Dr. Jahan has over a hundred publications in research and educational methods. Professor J R Choudhury VC BU, Chairpersons and senior faculty members attended the 3-day workshop (January 3-5, 2005)