
The award, created in 1999, recognizes excellence in graduate student teaching. Departments can select up to 5 percent of their graduate student instructors and TAs for the honor. The Kaneb Center recommends criteria including excellent student evaluations, faculty recommendation letters, personal teaching statements from the applicants, and observation of classroom teaching by a faculty mentor. Honorees receive a certificate from the Kaneb Center and Graduate School, a letter documenting the award for the graduate student’s file, a $100 honorarium, and an invitation to a formal dinner hosted by the Kaneb Center and the Graduate School that was held on April 20.