The Graduate School will bestow up to four Excellence in Teaching awards. Each year, the awards and honoraria are given out at the University Awards ceremony.
The Graduate School will bestow up to four Excellence in Teaching awards. Each year, the awards and honoraria are given out at the University Awards ceremony.
All nominations are reviewed by the Graduate Council, which also makes final determinations regarding the winners.
The award is open to current or former teaching assistants or teaching fellows in any graduate program. Each candidate must be nominated by their program, and each program may submit only one nomination. Nominations should be made through UFunds, found under the Graduate Student and Alumni Awards button.
Open: January 13, 2025
Deadline: March 1, 2025
A nomination letter, and as many as three additional letters of support from other program faculty. If the nomination letter is not from the Director of Graduate Study, the DGS should at least provide a brief letter of endorsement.
In addition, nominations typically include two or more of the following: