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Society Honors Graduate Teaching Assistants April 26, 2001-- Thirteen graduate teaching assistants from the University of Virginia were honored Wednesday, April 25, at the Rotunda during the fifth annual Seven Society Awards Banquet to honor outstanding teaching. The TAs all were finalists for the Seven Society Graduate Fellowship for Superb Teaching, a $7,000 award given by the U.Va. philanthropic society. The award recognizes a teaching assistant who embodies the highest ideals of teaching at the University: dedication to students, substantial knowledge of the subject matter, and skill in conveying passion for that knowledge. Unlike teaching awards based on departmental or faculty recommendations, former students nominate TAs for the Seven Society fellowship. Four undergraduate students also served on the selection committee. Kelly Erickson of the Department of Government & Foreign Affairs received the 2001 Seven Society Fellowship. Jason Kehler of the Department of Drama was named winner of the 2001 Dr. Frank Finger Graduate Fellowship, also announced at the banquet. Funded by a gift of J. Huston McCollough II in honor of Dr. Frank Finger, Alumni Professor of Psychology, the $4,500 fellowship is awarded each year to a graduate teaching assistant from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, in recognition of stimulating and organized classroom teaching. "The decisions of the committee were difficult, given the high standards set by the finalists," said award coordinator Jann Lacoss, faculty consultant at U.Va.’s Teaching Resource Center. "The nominees all exemplify outstanding teaching at the University. They have had a great impact on undergraduates and are all worthy of highest recognition for their accomplishments." The other finalists honored at the banquet were: Tim Brelinski, Department of Classics Maria Celeste Delgado-Librero, Department of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese Gail Dempsey, Department of Chemical Engineering Fred Drogula, Department of History Matthew Goldfeder, Department of Government & Foreign Affairs Ryan Higginbottom, Department of Math Melin Huang, Department of Physics Ann Martella, Department of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese Michael Powers, Department of Classics Brian Schoen, Department of History John Worozbyt, Department of Sociology Contact: Bob Brickhouse, (804) 924-6856 |
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