Teaching Excellence Award

The DEADLINE for Teaching Excellence Award applications is mid-December. Exact date TBD.

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 CAN self-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
    • Please be concise and do not exceed the word limit for your responses.
  • Nominee's CV.
  • Two letters of support:
    • One from a student who attended a class taught by the nominee.
      • Teaching evaluations are now accepted as an alternative to a letter from an individual student. Although a written letter from an individual student is preferred, applicants may submit teaching evaluations if a student letter cannot be obtained.
    • One 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 coming soon!
• Questions regarding this award or your nomination can be directed to gpsspresident@iastate.edu.

Past Award Winners