Teaching Academy Awards

For the most recent application instructions for the following awards, contact teaching@nmsu.edu

Truly Innovative Teaching Award

The Truly Innovative Teaching Award was established in 2014 in memory of Harry and Jenny Truly by Elise “Pookie” and Michael Sautter. The Truly Innovative Teaching Award honors an instructor (full- or part-time faculty, staff, or graduate student) who has made an innovation in teaching that has positively impacted student attitude, motivation, or learning. Your innovation can be unique to you or can be an application of someone else’s innovation. This innovation must also have some connection to the Teaching Academy, i.e., you learned about it here or you gave a workshop about it here. The winner is chosen by the Teaching Academy Advisory Board. The award comes with $1,000 and a glass art trophy.

Outstanding Workshop Award

The Outstanding Workshop Award honors the presenter who led the highest rated workshop based upon participant evaluations and input from Teaching Academy staff. The award comes with $1,000 and a glass art trophy for one presenter, or two $500 stipends and two glass art trophies for two presenters.

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