November 10, 2023

Call for Applications | 2024 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award

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Call for Applications | 2024 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award
 
Applications are now being accepted for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2024 Excellence in Teaching Awards Competition. The University is eligible to nominate one masters-level and one Ph.D.-level student for each award that includes a citation and a $750 honorarium that will be presented at the MAGS annual meeting on April 3-5, 2024. Interested students must submit their application materials to the Graduate School by Friday, December 1, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (EST) for consideration.
 
Award Details
  • The 2024 Excellence in Teaching Awards will be bestowed on “…graduate students who exemplify excellence in the teaching and learning mission of our universities…. [to] recognize the importance of excellence in teaching and mentoring as a component of graduate education and the preparation of graduate students for future service as college and university faculty.” 
  • Details of the Award, as well as a list of previous recipients, are available here: https://mags-net.org/excellence-in-teaching-award/
  • The Dean of the Graduate School/College (or designee) at each MAGS-affiliated university may select and submit the materials of one doctoral and one masters-level graduate student for these awards.
  • MAGS’s evaluation criteria are shared here: https://mags-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2024_MAGS_Exc_Teach_Award_Eval_Criteria.pdf
Submission Details
Graduate students wishing to be considered for this award must submit a single PDF document that includes:
  • a letter of nomination from the student’s department head
  • the nominee’s teaching portfolio
    • up to six (6) pages, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, with a 12-point font
    • an embedded link to a video (maximum of 10 minutes) showing the nominee teaching in an educational setting of a collegiate-level course
    • all individuals who are identifiable in the video and over the age of 18 should complete a consent and release form, and the portfolio description of the video should indicate that these have been collected.  The Use of Photographic and Vido/Film Consent and Release Form can be completed (and will be stored) online via Qualtrics here:
  • the student’s current curriculum vitae
  • Since Purdue must review and select nominees’ materials to be sent along to MAGS, materials should be submitted by Friday, December 1, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. to
Timeline toward nomination
  • Purdue deadline for submissions: Friday, December 1, 2023
  • Review of campus nominees: December 4-11, 2023
  • Notification of campus nominees: December 15, 2023
  • Completion of nomination packets (including an endorsement from the Associate Provost for Graduate Programs) and submission to MAGS: January 5, 2024
Questions?
Please contact Associate Dean David Rollock at the Graduate School (rollock@purdue.edu; 496-2775).
 
 
Good luck!
 
Stephen M. McBride, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Graduate Student Success
College of Engineering - Graduate Education
Purdue University
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering
ARMS 1233
701 West Stadium Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47907