The Filene Teaching Award will be awarded annually to the graduate teaching assistant who best exemplifies the qualities of a college educator. The individual should combine personal qualities of dedication and commitment to teaching, with innovation, creativity, preparedness and efficiency in the classroom. The award is designed to reward students for their activities as teaching assistants in undergraduate courses at Dartmouth College or on Dartmouth College Foreign Study Programs. Instruction activities may take place in laboratories, discussion groups, or other similar forums.
The recipient will be selected by the Graduate Studies Office in conjunction with faculty reviewers. Each program or department can nominate one student each year. The nomination should include a letter of support explaining the student's contributions and experience. Students may be nominated for activities as teaching assistants in more than one course and may be nominated more than one time.
This teaching award is made possible by the Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation. The Filene Foundation has contributed generously to Dartmouth College to support programs in Human Relations. The Filene Foundation established the Lincoln Filene Professorship. Professor George Wolford in Psychological and Brain Sciences department is the current holder of this professorship and he has been instrumental in making possible this new teaching award for graduate students.
All nominations from the Arts and Sciences graduate programs must be submitted to the Graduate Office (Kerry Landers) no later than Friday, May 9, 2008.
The winner of the award will be announced at the Graduate Studies Graduation Reception in June and winners will receive a cash prize of $1000.
We ask that each department send in only one nomination. Your nomination should include:
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kerry Landers in the Graduate Studies Office, 304 Wentworth.
