This award was created to honor and to recognize an exemplary graduate student teaching assistant in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The recipient will be honored with a recognition memento and a monetary award at the Wilson Awards Banquet held each spring.
Focus
This award is given to a graduate student who has performed his or her responsibility as a graduate teaching assistant in a commendable manner and has been named teaching assistant of the year in his or her department.
Nomination Procedure
Annually in September, the dean invites nominations for the Schenck Teaching Assistant of the Year Award from each department and institute. Reminders are sent in November.
Each department and institute may submit one nomination (submitted by the department head or director) and the nomination packet should include:
- Letter highlighting the individual’s accomplishments as a teaching assistant; and
- Recent color high-resolution portrait photograph in jpeg format
The nomination materials should be submitted electronically to Diane Ault (emsresearch@ems.psu.edu) no later than February 15.
Eligibility
Current graduate assistant in the college are eligible for award.
Selection Procedure
One recipient for the college shall be selected by the dean.
Past Recipients
- 2019: Michelle A. Ritchie, Geography
- 2018: Carolynne Hultquist, Geography
- 2017: Thomas Nigl, Materials Science and Engineering
- 2016: Qian Sun, Energy and Mineral Engineering
- 2015: Nicholas Holschuh, Geocsciences
- 2014: Anna Domask, Materials Science and Engineering
- 2013: Max Christie, Geosciences
- 2012: Nicole J. Lalibert, Geography
- 2011: Clayton P. Barrows, Energy and Mineral Engineering
- 2010: Destiny D. Aman, Geography
- 2009: Brian Le Vay
- 2008: Prasanna Chidambaram, Energy and Mineral Engineering
- 2007: Kari Jensen, Geography
- 2006: Amy Huff, Meteorology
- 2005: David Jansson, Geography
- 2004: Sara Bier, Geosciences
- 2003: Eric Wolfe, Energy and Mineral Engineering
