President's Award

PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING BY A GRADUATE STUDENT

The President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student will be awarded to outstanding graduate student teachers. Six awards of $500 each will be presented at a ceremony held in May for recipients and their families. Awardees will be expected to participate in an orientation session or colloquium presented to new Teaching Assistants prior to the start of the following Fall semester.

Each department/program with TAs or GAs involved in teaching may nominate two candidates. Nominations must be made by the student's Graduate Program Director of Department Chair.

The award is open to all full-time graduate student TAs or GAs (masters and doctoral) required to teach. They must have completed at least one academic year of teaching. (Present semester can be included).

Each nomination should include:

1. Memo from nomination from the Graduate Program Chair or Director supporting the nomination.

2. Positive evidence that the candidate has performed superbly in the classroom, to include:

minimum of two letters of recommendation from faculty members who have supervised or worked with the nominee in teaching a course
quantitative summary report from course evaluations by students
no more than five letters from students attesting to the effectiveness of the candidate's teaching and concern for intellectual growth.

Nomination materials (1 & 2) should specifically address:

* the candidate's generosity with personal time, accessibility to students and demonstration of a continual concern with the intellectual growth of individual students;

* evidence regarding the candidate's high standards for encouraging academic excellence within his/her classroom and among his/her students;

* how the candidate exhibits innovative means of developing and modifying the course(s), if applicable.

Deadline is February 29, 2012

Recent Winners

2011	:	Andrei Antonenko, Linguistics Ceylan Cizmeli, Psychology Andrea Daly, Music Philip Salathé, Music	Caitlin Fisher-Reid, Ecology and Evolution Ashar Foley, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies

2010	:	Ralph Clare, English James Corrigan, Philosophy Adam Rosenfeld, Philosophy	Katharina Schuhmann, Linguistics Hans Staats, Comparative Literature Xiaomeng (Mona) Xu, Social Health Psychology

2009	:	James Ambury, Philosophy Mark Jonas, Ecology and Evolution Jennifer Rodden, Psychology	Sue Riela, Psychology Frances Bottenberg, Philosophy Gary Maynard, Sociology

2008	:	Christopher Cohoon, Philosophy Jennifer DiGregorio Kightlinger, European Languages & English Michele Fazio, English	Jada Hamilton, Social & Health Psychology Nuria Protopopescu, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Steven Welsh, Applied Math and Statistics

2007	:	Dolores Cannella, Psychology Justin Georgi, Anatomical Sciences Brady Heiner, Philosophy	Don Landes, Philosophy Julia Martinez, Hispanic Language & Literature Chris Noto, Ecology & Evolution

2006	:	Richard Tyson Smith, Sociology Kristin Pape, Comparative Studies Amy Traver, Sociology	Serene Khader, Philosophy Amy Bagshaw, Art Na Yin, Economics