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<div class="">Please see below the call for Goodwin Medal nominations for a graduate student TA award. The department can submit one nomination to the Office of Graduate Education. If there is interest in submitting a nomination package for a biology graduate
student please let me know. Please send nominations by<b class=""> Monday, March 20, 2023</b> for the internal review. Thank you.</div>
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The Office of Graduate Education is soliciting nominations for this year’s Goodwin Medal for outstanding teaching by a graduate student, as part of the MIT Awards Convocation <a href="http://awards.mit.edu/" title="http://awards.mit.edu/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://awards.mit.edu/</a>.</div>
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Each year, MIT awards the Goodwin Medal to a graduate TA or Instructor (G) who has <b class="">performed above and beyond the norm</b>, and whose teaching efforts can truly be characterized as “conspicuously effective.” This award was established in memory
of Harry Manley Goodwin, the first dean of the graduate school at MIT, through a gift from his widow, Mary B. Goodwin, and son, Richard H. Goodwin. The award consists of an engraved bronze medal designed by Katharine Lane and a monetary gift of $7,000.</div>
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If there is a graduate TA or Instructor (G) in your department who has <b class="">performed above and beyond the norm</b>, please consider submitting a nomination (one allowed per department) on his/her behalf for the Goodwin Medal. Any member of the faculty
or any organized student group (through one of its responsible officers) may submit a nomination. These nominations should be sent to the candidate’s department head. Department heads must submit their final nominations (<b class="">one allowed per department</b>).</div>
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For more details on the Goodwin Medal, eligibility and nomination process, please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/community-diversity/awards-recognition/the-goodwin-medal/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">here</a>.
On this page, you will find a list of former Goodwin Medal recipients, outlining what made their teaching efforts “conspicuously effective”. This serves as a good reference for what the selection committee is looking for in a candidate!</div>
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Nominations must include:</div>
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Nomination letter from the department head</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Candidate’s curriculum vitae</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
A summary of the candidate’s specific teaching responsibilities</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Subject evaluation reports (accessed here: <a href="https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/subject-evaluation/subject-evaluation-reports" title="https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/subject-evaluation/subject-evaluation-reports" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/subject-evaluation/subject-evaluation-reports</a>),
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<b class="">Most important</b>, letters from colleagues, students, and faculty to justify the characterization of the candidate’s teaching as “conspicuously effective.” Letters may be addressed to the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education. A strong nomination
includes at least one letter from students; one from colleagues; and one from faculty, although there is no limit on the number of letters. </li></ul>
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Nominations should be sent to the faculty head of the candidate's home department of registration, even if the candidate has taught subjects listed in other departments.<b class=""> </b>The final nomination from each department is due to the Office of Graduate
Education by <b class="">5 pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 (this is a hard deadline with no extensions).</b> Nomination letters may be addressed to the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Blanche Staton; final nomination packages can be submitted through
the Google Form<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1N6KmmrrXjkPjSeG4Z1AUswcxGs3MjGJKB7lkROPBYIYSig/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">here</a>.</div>
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Thank you for your support. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.</div>
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