Congratulations to the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2005 honorees:

Kristen Abraham, Psychology
Lynette Boos, Mathematics & Statistics
Lance Jones, Psychology

With representation across the university, all the 13 finalists for this year's honor represent a dedication and commitment to teaching. Other finalists nominated this year were...

Francey Ackerman-Edelen, Communication Studies
Maria Baldwin, History
Leah D'Emilio, Communication Studies
Fanglong Dong, Applied Statistics
William Emmerson III, Ethnic Studies
Patrick Lichty, School of Art
Jason Snyder, Philosophy
Nicholas Zoffel, Communication Studies
Angela Zielinski, School of Art
Meghan Kahn, Psychology

Each spring GradSTEP gives out an award that recognizes the best graduate teaching assistants throughout the University. The award, sponsored by the Graduate Student Enhancement Program (GradSTEP) and the Graduate College, is designed to encourage and reward excellence in undergraduate instruction. Recognizing the role of graduate teaching assistants as valued teaching colleagues is an important part of building our university community.