The Physical Sciences Collegiate Division and The Physical Sciences Division announce

The Physical Sciences Teaching Prize

Each year the Physical Sciences Collegiate Division and the Physical Sciences Division present a teaching prize to a graduate student in the Division in recognition of exceptional teaching of undergraduates. (The seven departments comprising the Division are Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geophysical Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics.) The prize, $750 and a certificate, will be awarded annually to the nominated graduate student judged to have been most effective in undergraduate instruction in a course offered by the Division during the previous year (Spring 2008 through Winter 2009).

Up to three prizes will be awarded each year. Nominations may be made by any University-affiliated person, but emphasis will be given to nominations by undergraduates. Independent multiple nominations of the same graduate student will receive special consideration in the evaluation process. The most effective letters are those that indicate specific ways in which the graduate student has been particularly effective in his or her learning environment.

Nominations, which should consist of a typewritten page outlining the graduate student's contributions to undergraduate education, signed by the nominators, must be received by the office of John Frederick, Master, Physical Sciences Collegiate Division, Harper Room 235, by the end of Winter Quarter (March 20, 2009). Nominations may also be submitted by e-mail to Sheila Naughten at dblonde@uchicago.edu.