Teaching Excellence Award

Teaching Excellence Award applications due December 18th, 2026 at 11:59 pm.

This award recognizes graduate students who go above and beyond their required teaching responsibilities. Whether through teaching additional courses, receiving excellent teaching evaluations, or developing and leading their own courses, this award recognizes multiple students each year. Recipients receive a certificate and a financial award.

Eligibility Requirements – Teaching

• Nominee has not previously received a GPSS Teaching Award.
• Nominee must be a current ISU graduate or professional student in good academic standing.
• Nominee must have served as an instructor or TA for at least one class prior to the semester of application.
• Students MUST BE nominate for the award.
• Students may be considered for the Leadership, Research, and/or Teaching Awards within the same year.
• Completed applications must include:
  • Completed GPSS Teaching Award Nomination Form
  • Nominee's CV.
  • Please provide the email addresses of five former students whom the nominee has taught. The Awards Committee will contact each student directly and send them a questionnaire to complete in support of the award nomination.
• One letter of support from the class instructor. If the nominee is the class instructor, this letter should be from the nominee's advisor, department chair, or course supervisor.
• All nomination materials must be submitted through the GPSS Teaching Award Nomination Form here.
• Questions regarding this award or your nomination can be directed to gpsspresident@iastate.edu.

Teaching Excellence Award Rubric

• Grading rubric for this award can be found here.

Past Award Winners