[bioundgrd] Goodwin Medal nominations due next week

[Janice Chang]

Information on the Goodwin Medal nomination 
below.  If you would like to nominate a graduate 
TA or Instructor for this award, please send your 
nomination to me by Wednesday, March 11th.


Regards,
Janice



>  FROM:    Steven R. Lerman
>                   Dean for Graduate Education
>
>  RE:   Goodwin Medal
>
>
>
>Does your department have a candidate for this 
>year's Goodwin Medal?  If there is a graduate TA 
>or Instructor (G) in your department who has 
>performed above and beyond the norm, and whose 
>teaching efforts can truly be characterized as 
>"conspicuously effective," I would urge you to 
>submit a nomination (one allowed per department) 
>on his/her behalf for the Goodwin Medal.  For a 
>description of the award and details regarding 
>the nomination process, please see the following 
>details, or go to 
><http://web.mit.edu/gso/spotlight/Goodwin.html>http://web.mit.edu/odge/spotlight/Goodwin.html.
>
>Please note that the suggested deadline to bring 
>nominations to departmental offices is 
>Wednesday, March 11, 2009.  The final nomination 
>from each department is due to the Office of the 
>Dean for Graduate Education by Wednesday, March 
>18.  Letters may be addressed to Dean Lerman; 
>nomination packages should be sent to Heather 
>Fry in the Office of the Dean for Graduate 
>Education, Room 3-138.
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>
>  MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
>Office of the Dean for Graduate Education
>Room 3-138
>Cambridge, MA  02139
>
>THE GOODWIN MEDAL
>
>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. 
>Its purpose is to recognize a "conspicuously 
>effective" young teacher who is also a graduate 
>student.
>
>ELIGIBILITY
>The award will be presented to a graduate 
>student-teacher who has established a place of 
>distinction in teaching in the opinion of his or 
>her colleagues, students, and faculty.
>
>DESCRIPTION
>The award consists of an engraved bronze medal 
>which was designed by Katharine Lane Weems; a 
>handsome certificate; and a cash gift of $2,500.
>
>NOMINATIONS/DEADLINES
>Nominations may be made by any member of the 
>faculty, or by an organized student group 
>through one of its responsible officers.  These 
>nominations should be sent to the candidate's 
>department head by March 11, 2009. Department 
>heads are asked to submit their nominations (one 
>allowed per department) to the Office of the 
>Dean for Graduate Education, Room 3-138 by March 
>18, 2009.
>
>  PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
>Do not bind.
>  Nominations must include:
>· the candidate's curriculum vitae
>· a summary of the candidate's specific teaching responsibilities
>· Most importantly, letters from colleagues, 
>students, and faculty which justify the 
>characterization of the candidate's teaching as 
>"conspicuously effective." Letters may be 
>addressed to Dean Steven Lerman.  There is no 
>limit on the number of letters which may be 
>included.  A strong nomination will include not 
>only letters from students or colleagues or 
>faculty, but at least one letter from each of 
>these groups.
>
>SELECTION
>Selection of the winner will be made by a 
>committee consisting of Goodwin Medalists and 
>outstanding teachers who are currently on the 
>MIT faculty.  The selection committee is chaired 
>by the Dean for Graduate Education.
>
>ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNER
>The announcement of the winner will be made at 
>the Awards Convocation on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 
>
>
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