Events to celebrate faculty, teaching excellence by grad students
April 22, 2015
Faculty and graduate teaching assistants will be recognized at two celebratory events in April and May.
On April 29, Purdue Teaching Academy and Purdue Graduate School will present graduate student teaching awards at the 17th annual Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching Excellence. The program and awards ceremony begin at 6:30 p.m. at Ross-Ade Stadium's Shively Club. The event is being organized by Karen Neubauer, assistant director of special projects in the Center for Instructional Excellence.
On May 5, the Faculty Awards Convocation will celebrate a range of faculty honors given since last year's event, including national and international awards; University, college and school awards; Fellow awards; and service recognition. The event, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Purdue Memorial Union's North and South Ballrooms, is being coordinated by Alyssa Panitch, vice provost for faculty affairs.
Both events are invitation-only.
The following awards will be presented at the Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching Excellence:
* Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest recognition given to teaching assistants on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus.
* The Teaching Academy’s Graduate Instructional Development Certificates (GIDC), Graduate Teaching Certificates (GTC), and Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificates (AGTC).
* Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching awards (formerly the CETA -- Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants -- awards), for which departments nominate their top teaching assistants.
Faculty awards and honors to be presented at the Faculty Awards Convocation include:
* Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards.
* Class of 1922 Helping Students Learn Award.
* Committee on Institutional Cooperation's Academic Leadership Program fellows.
* Morrill Awards.
* Faculty Scholars.
* Fellowships for Study in a Second Discipline.
* Provost Fellows.
A full list of faculty and graduate student recognitions and honorees will be published following the events.
Awards to outstanding students will be presented during their respective commencement ceremonies.
