FYI.

 

Colleagues,

I will be sharing the below announcement directly with our graduate student listserve, but I wanted to bring to your attention in case you have outstanding TA’s you would like to encourage apply for this award. This application requires both a letter of nomination from the department head and a short teaching-in-action video, so interested students should plan now for the December 15^th deadline.

 

Thanks,

Janet

 

 

Sent on behalf of Dr. David Rollock, Assistant Vice Provost, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS)

 

Dear GEA Colleagues,

 

Please help the graduate students of your Colleges earn fame and (a small) fortune through the 2026 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award!  Purdue University is eligible to nominate one master’s-level and one doctoral-level student for each award that includes a citation and a $750 honorarium that will be presented at the MAGS annual meeting March 25-27, 2026…in Kansas City, Missouri!  To decide on our campus-wide nominees, students must submit materials to the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS) by Monday, December 15, 2025; 5:00 p.m. for consideration.

 

Award Details

• The 2026 Excellence in Teaching Awards will be bestowed on “…graduate students who exemplify excellence in the teaching and learning mission of our universities…[to] recognize the importance of excellence in teaching and mentoring as a component of graduate education and the preparation of graduate students for future service as college and university faculty.” 
• Details of the Award, as well as a list of previous recipients, are available here: https://mags-net.org/excellence-in-teaching-award/
• The Dean of the Graduate School/College (or designee) at each MAGS-affiliated university may select and submit the materials of one doctoral and one master’s-level graduate student for these awards.
• MAGS’s evaluation criteria are shared here: https://mags-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2026_MAGS_Exc_Teach_Eval_Criteria.pdf

 

Submission Details

Graduate students wishing to be considered for this award—at the doctoral-level OR at the master’s-level—must submit in a single PDF document that includes:

• a letter of nomination from the student’s department head
• the student’s current curriculum vitae
• the nominee’s teaching portfolio
• up to six (6) pages, double spaced, 1-inch margins, with a 12-point font
• an embedded link to a video (maximum of 10 minutes) showing the nominee teaching in an educational setting of a collegiate level course
• for instructions on saving and submitting a suitable video, please see: https://mags-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2026_MAGS_Exc_Teach_YouTube_Instr.pdf
• all individuals who are identifiable in the video and over the age of 18 should complete a consent and release form, and the portfolio description of the video should indicate that these have been collected.  The Use of Photographic and Vido/Film Consent and Release Form can be completed (and will be stored) online via Qualtrics here: 
• https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8AZILsZOZwtg96u  
• Since Purdue must review and select nominees’ materials to be sent along to MAGS, materials should be submitted by Monday, December 15, 2026; 5:00 p.m. to
• https://purdue.app.box.com/f/16e5e12644ae4ed7bf63fdf480d0e251

 

Timeline toward nomination

• Purdue (internal) deadline for submissions: Monday, December 15, 2026
• Review of campus nominees: December 18, 2025-January 12, 2026
• Notification of campus nominees: January 13-14, 2026
• Completion of nomination packets (one master’s-level and one doctoral-level, each including endorsement from the Vice Provost, OGSPS) and submission to MAGS: January 15, 2026

 

Questions?

Please contact me at rollock@purdue.edu or 6-2775.

 

Thanks,

 

David Rollock