Teaching Award Nomination

Biology Teaching Award Nomination Form

To encourage and acknowledge excellence in the teaching of biology, the Department of Biology requests your nominations for outstanding biology instructors. A committee consisting of past winners will select, for recognition and cash award, one member of the biology teaching faculty and two teaching assistants (graduate and undergraduate) who exemplify excellence in one or more of the following aspects of effective teaching:

. Sensitivity and fairness to student needs and problems
. Ability to challenge and motivate students
. Use of innovative teaching methodologies and approaches
. Application of theoretical concepts to current issues in biology
. Organization of curriculum (lecture, discussion, exams, homework, lab, etc.) to create an integrated learning experience.

Your nominee need not be excellent in all of these areas, and may not be particularly popular, but should provide an especially good example of one of these aspects of effective teaching.

***Nominations are not treated simply as votes, so please explain how the person you are nominating demonstrates excellence in teaching. Specific examples are especially helpful to the committee.***

The committee will share some of your nominations anonymously with instructors at the end of the academic year.

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