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J. Alfred & Martha Chiscon

Undergraduate Teaching Award

Biological Sciences

$1000 Award and name on departmental plaque to recognize the importance of undergraduate teaching given in a two-year cycle, alternating between lower & higher division courses. Faculty members and lab coordinators eligible to receive award. Selection by Award Committee.

Lin Reynolds

Outstanding Graduate

Teaching  Assistant Award

Biological Sciences

$200 and name on departmental plaque to recognize excellence in teaching by graduate teaching assistants.  Selection by Teaching Assistant Promotion & Training Committee.

Lin Reynolds

Outstanding Graduate

Teaching  Assistant Honor Roll

Biological Sciences

Name on departmental plaque displayed during year on Award Board in the 100 corridor of Lilly Hall given to recognize excellence in undergraduate instruction.  Selection by the  department’s Teaching Assistant Promotion & Training Committee.

Lin Reynolds

Outstanding Undergraduate

Teaching Interns

Biological Sciences

$150 award and name on departmental plaque. Merit-based award given to an undergraduate teaching assistant for excellence in undergraduate teaching based on supervisors’ and students’ evaluations and recommendation documents provided by nominators.

Lin Reynolds

Outstanding Undergraduate

Teaching Intern Honor Roll

Biological Sciences

Merit-based award given to an undergraduate teaching assistant for excellence in undergraduate teaching based on supervisors’ and students’ evaluations and recommendation documents provided by nominators.

Lin reynolds

Alumni Graduate Student Teaching Award

Chemistry

Two $500 awards and a plaque awarded in order to recognize outstanding Teaching Assistants. Selection by student nominations.

Arthur Kelly Undergraduate Teaching Award

Chemistry

$1000 and a plaque awarded on a rotating basis to one Chemistry Faculty  teaching (i)General Chemistry, (ii)Chemistry Major courses, and (iii)Upper Division Service courses.  Selection by Departmental Committee.

William F. Epple Teaching Award

Chemistry

Two $500 awards and a plaque to Department of Chemistry Graduate students with teaching assignments.  Selection by student nominations.

Favorite Undergraduate Faculty

Computer Sciences

Selected by CS Undergraduate students.

Favorite Graduate TA

Computer Sciences

Selected by CS Undergraduate students.

Favorite Undergraduate TA

Computer Sciences

Selected by CS Undergraduate students.

Favorite Graduate TA

Computer Sciences

Selected by CS Graduate students.

Most Influential Professor

Computer Sciences

Selected by CS Graduate students.

Outstanding Teaching Award

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

$750 and a special recognition plaque awarded to Tenure Track Faculty in recognition of excellence in teaching.  Selection made by a committee.

EAS Outstanding Faculty Advisor

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

$500 Awarded to an outstanding faculty advisor. Selected by the grad students through a nomination process.

Excellence in Teaching Award

Mathematics

$250 Awarded to 5-6 outstanding mathematics TAs

Joel Spira Faculty Teaching Award

Mathematics

One or more annual teaching awards in ECE, ME, Physics and Math, divided equally between the 4 departments. Award given in recognition of excellence in teaching and inspiring students. 

Amount awarded will depend on income the fund provides.

Winner selected by Department Head or Head's designee.

Akeley-Mandler Awards

for Teaching Excellence

Physics

$200 Award to graduate student teaching assistants who excel beyond the mere requirements of the job, investing their time and effort to provide the best education possible to students.

Ruth and Joel Spira Awards

Physics

One or more annual teaching awards in ECE, ME, Physics and Math, divided equally between the 4 departments. Award given in recognition of excellence in teaching and inspiring students in undergraduate physics. 

Amount awarded will depend on income the fund provides.

Winner selected by Department Head or Head's designee.

Spira Undergraduate Summer Research Award

Physics

Award presented to support a student during the summer who is working on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member in the Departments of Physics and/or Mathematics.

Outstanding Teaching by a Teaching Assistant Award

Statistics

$500 award presented to recognize excellent performance in a specific classroom teaching assignment by a Teaching Assistant.  Selection made by Faculty Committee.

David S. Moore Service Teaching Award

Statistics

This Award is to recognize and reward outstanding contributions to the quality of the Department of Statistics service courses by continuing lecturers, tenured and tenure-track faculty. (Service courses for this are defined as those courses whose majority audience is not statistics or actuarial science students.) The award is given no more often than every two years. (No one can receive it more than once.) The recipient receives a $1000 financial award in an account available for travel and equipment expenditures.

Outstanding Assistant Professor Undergraduate Teaching Award

Statistics

$200 (placed in a fund for books or software) is awarded to a tenure-track assistant professor in honor of the nominee's teaching accomplishments, including significant contributions to undergraduate education.

PACADA Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor

Advising

Purdue Academic Advising Association selects an advisor early in their career who presents evidence of effective advising qualities and practices that distinguish the person as an outstanding, caring, academic advisor.

Beverly Stone Outstanding Counselor Award

Advising

Award is given to a recipient who serves in a counseling relationship with Purdue students (aiding and supporting students to become the best they may be—“going the extra mile”), based on non-academic counseling activities. Selection by the Purdue chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa.

Science Outstanding New Professional Award

Advising

Award to a member of the advising profession for 3 or fewer years. Recognize for active involvement in helping students achieve career & academic goals.  A current member of PACADA. 

CoS Outstanding Advisor Award

Advising

Nominations are voted on by Advisors and confirmed by the Executive Committee of the Science Student Council. Winner’s name is forwarded to PACADA for consideration of the University Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor award. Member of PACADA for at least 3 years.