[bioundgrd] Fwd: 2023 Call for Nominations: Goodwin Medal for Graduate Student Teaching

[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.  Please send nominations by Monday, March 20, 2023 for the internal review.  Thank you.


Sincerely,
Janice


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From: Kevin O'Brien <kobrien1 at mit.edu<mailto:kobrien1 at mit.edu>>
Subject: 2023 Call for Nominations: Goodwin Medal for Graduate Student Teaching
Date: March 1, 2023 at 10:06:47 AM 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 $7,000.

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 visit here<https://oge.mit.edu/community-diversity/awards-recognition/the-goodwin-medal/>. 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!

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 Tuesday, March 28, 2023 (this is a hard deadline with no extensions). 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 here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1N6KmmrrXjkPjSeG4Z1AUswcxGs3MjGJKB7lkROPBYIYSig/viewform?usp=sf_link>.

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

Sincerely,
Kevin O’Brien

Kevin O’Brien
Director of Graduate Fellowships

Office of Graduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 3-107k
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-324-7021

Check out our fellowships page<https://oge.mit.edu/fellowships/>!

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