A select group of 10 TAs were honored for their teaching abilities. Campus News Briefs Campus playing host to film festival Clark Park starts planning for renovations Despite huge crowds, crime falls during Relays weekend Recognizing outstanding classroom skills, University President Judith Rodin presented an award for teaching to 10 graduate students and teaching assistants yesterday.
Undergraduates nominate the recognized graduate students.
A committee of faculty, graduate students and past winners makes the final selection from among the nominees. Sanjay Chugh, Thomas English, Amy Garrett, Fariha Khan, Samuel Trieu Nguyen, John Oberdiek, Erik Simpson, Jonah Steinberg, Paulina Alberto and Timothy Duncan were the lucky 10 winners this year. Though the award was actually created three years ago by History Professor Walter Licht and members of the Graduate Student Activities Council, it was formally sponsored by Rodin herself two years ago. Licht, who chaired this year's selection committee, praised the graduate students who originally created the award, highlighting the fact that undergraduates, rather than faculty and administration, get to recognize their own teachers. After the list of nominees was narrowed from 280 to 30 by the selection committee, the remaining candidates were asked to write a statement of their own philosophy on teaching.