[bioundgrd] Fwd: Call for Nominations: Goodwin Medal for Graduate Student Teaching due March 18

[Janice Chang]

Dear faculty, undergrad and grad students,

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.  The department will need nominations by Friday, March 18th for the internal review.  Thank you.


Sincerely,
Janice


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Janice Chang | Educational Administrator | Department of Biology | MIT
rm:68-120 | ph: 617.253.7344 | jdchang at mit.edu<mailto:jdchang at mit.edu>


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From: Scott Tirrell <stirrell at mit.edu<mailto:stirrell at mit.edu>>
Subject: Call for Nominations: Goodwin Medal for Graduate Student Teaching
Date: February 9, 2022 at 1:44:19 PM EST


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 http://awards.mit.edu/.

Each year, MIT awards the Goodwin Medal to a graduate TA or Instructor (G) who has performed above and beyond the norm, 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 $5,000.

If there is a graduate TA or Instructor (G) in your department who has performed above and beyond the norm, 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 (one allowed per department).

For more details on the Goodwin Medal, eligibility and nomination process, please see: https://oge.mit.edu/development/teaching/the-goodwin-medal/

Nominations must include:

  *   Nomination letter from the department head
  *   Candidate’s curriculum vitae
  *   A summary of the candidate’s specific teaching responsibilities
  *   Subject evaluation reports (accessed here: https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/subject-evaluation/subject-evaluation-reports), at the instructor level, for each course taught by the nominee
  *   Most important, 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.


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. The final nomination from each department is due to the Office of Graduate Education by 5 pm on Monday, March 28, 2022 (this is a hard deadline with no extensions). Nomination letters may be addressed to the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Blanche Staton; nomination packages should be sent to grad-fellowships at mit.edu<mailto:grad-fellowships at mit.edu> electronically as a single PDF file. The recipient will be announced at the MIT Awards Convocation on May 2nd (more details to come).

Thank you for your support. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely,
Scott


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