Doctoral candidate Long among those honored with UNC teaching awards
January 26, 2010 | |
Dustin Long, doctoral candidate in biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has received a Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Graduate Assistant. The award, given annually to five UNC graduate assistants, carries a $5,000 stipend. Long was among 21 students and faculty members announced as winners of teaching awards during halftime of the Carolina-Georgia Tech men’s basketball game Jan. 16. Chancellor Holden Thorp also will honor the awardees at a banquet April 15.
The University Committee on Teaching Awards, affiliated with the Office of the Provost, reviews nominees, collects additional information and recommends winners to the Chancellor for seven of the nine award categories.
The Tanner Award was created in 1952 with a bequest by Kenneth Spencer Tanner, class of 1911, and his sister, Sara Tanner Crawford, to establish an endowment fund in memory of their parents, Lola Spencer and Simpson Bobo Tanner. In 1990, the University expanded the scope of the Tanner Awards to recognize excellence in the teaching of undergraduates by graduate teaching assistants as well.
More information about all winners of UNC teaching awards is available at the UNC News site.
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UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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