{"id":876,"date":"2025-08-27T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dev.www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/?page_id=876"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:44:53","slug":"ogsps-excellence-in-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/ogsps-awards\/ogsps-excellence-in-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"OGSPS Excellence in Teaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-teritary-hero \">\n        <div class=\"section has-black-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large \">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-teritary-hero__header\">OGSPS Excellence in Teaching Award<br><\/h1>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-teritary-hero__content\">\n                \n\n<p>Awards<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section  page-layout-wide\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div  class=\"section has-padding-top-none has-padding-bottom-large  page-layout-wide\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars will award three Graduate Teaching Assistants with the OGSPS Excellence in Teaching Award. One nomination is welcome from each college. Each college may decide how it wants to choose its nominee. Nominations must be submitted by the college assistant\/associate dean or other appropriate person, electronically and using the application format attached, to Lori Miller, Executive Assistant (<a href=\"mailto:mill2071@purdue.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mill2071@purdue.edu<\/a>) by Friday, March 6, 2026. Questions may be directed to Lori Miller at&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:765-496-2775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">765-496-2775<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligibility requirements for&nbsp;a&nbsp;<em>OGSPS&nbsp;Excellence in Teaching Award<\/em>&nbsp;are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants must be registered as full-time graduate students (enrolled for eight credits or more) during the Spring 2026 semester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must have served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for at least two sessions during their Purdue graduate program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Previous recipients of the OGSPS Excellence in Teaching Award are not eligible. (See attachment for a list of past recipients.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The award, which is considered the highest honor given to Purdue teaching assistants, is accompanied by a $1000 prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/2025-2026-Excellence-in-Teaching-Award-Application.pdf\">Award Application<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Award-Recipients-Excellence-in-Teaching.pdf\"><strong>Past Recipients<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note that the 2026 OGSPS Excellence in Teaching Award program is being conducted independently from other Teaching Academy awards and the Center for Instructional Excellence.&nbsp; It is not a requirement that eligibility is limited to graduate students who have received the Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award.<\/em><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"section has-gray-background has-padding-top-small has-padding-bottom-large  page-layout-wide\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Development Office<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical\/ Mailing Address:<br>Earnest C. Young Hall, Room 170<br>155 S. Grant St.<br>West Lafayette, IN 47907-21147<br>Email Address: profdev@purdue.edu<br>Phone Number: (765) 494-2600<\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-buttons purdue-home-buttons--left leftbtn\">\n    <div class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                    <div class=\"\"><a class=\"purdue-home-button \" href=\"\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\" >Office &amp; Staff<\/a><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":859,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/876\/revisions\/2318"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/professional-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}