Events to celebrate faculty, teaching excellence by grad students

Faculty and graduate teaching assistants will be recognized at two celebratory events on April 25.

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; and Fellow awards. The event, which begins at 4 p.m. in Purdue Memorial Union's North Ballroom, is being coordinated by Peter Hollenbeck, vice provost for faculty affairs, and Annie Jarrard, program manager for faculty affairs. The event is invitation-only.

The Purdue Teaching Academy and Purdue Graduate School will present graduate student teaching awards at the 19th annual Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching Excellence. The program and awards ceremony begin at 7 p.m. at Ross-Ade Pavilion's Shively Club. The ceremony is open to the public.

Faculty awards and honors to be presented at the Faculty Awards Convocation include:

* Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards.
* Exceptional Early Career teaching awards.
* Excellence in Distance Education awards.
* Teaching for Tomorrow awards.
* Class of 1922 Helping Students Learn Award.
* The Arden L. Bement, Clifford Kinley Trust, Herbert Newby McCoy, Sigma Xi research awards.
* Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program Fellows.
* Morrill Awards.
* University Faculty Scholars and Showalter Faculty Scholars.
* Provost Fellows.
* Colleges' teaching, research, leadership and engagement awards.

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 Class of 1922 Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn Awards, presented annually to faculty, staff, or graduate students who have developed innovative techniques to help students learn.

* The Teaching Academy’s Graduate Instructional Development Certificates (GIDC), Graduate Teaching Certificates (GTC), and Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificates (AGTC).

* Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching awards, for which departments nominate their top teaching assistants.

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.