Chancellor Michael Hooker recognized the winners at the Chancellor's Awards Ceremony. We wanted to recognize him for the outstanding class he presented. The Students' Undergraduate Teaching Awards are the only teaching awards directed and funded by students. The awards were created in 1989 when students voted to increase their own fees to fund the awards.
Students submit nominations to the student awards selection committee.
Committee members visit finalists' classes unannounced, interview random students and interview finalists to chose the winners. This year, the committee received about 90 forms complete with essays nominating 40 to 50 different teachers, Kendrick said. Just being nominated for this award is a great honor. The glowing reports we got are a real testament to the number of outstanding teachers we have at this university. Aikat joined the UNC-CH faculty in 1995.