General Information

This award recognizes graduate students in the College of the Liberal Arts whose accomplishments in the classroom are deemed to be exceptional and who have thus made a significant contribution to the educations of our undergraduate students. In 2012 this award was named for former associate dean for research and graduate studies and current professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Denise Solomon. Denise is a wonderful teacher and mentor who embodies the excellence in teaching this award recognizes.

For more information contact Alena Sunderland, (814) 865-1439, ant106@psu.edu.

Eligibility

To be considered for this award, a graduate student must:

• be full time as either a Teaching Assistant or a Fixed-Term 2 appointment;
• have independent responsibility for a class or classes or be a faculty teaching assistant in a large lecture class;
• have taught at Penn State for at least one year;
• be an M.A., M.F.A., or Ph.D. degree candidate;
• have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in graduate work.

Past Winners