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Computer
Science Students Association
unc chapel hill |
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| Teaching award |
In May the CSSA yearly awards two professors for excellence in teaching. The recipients are nominated by students or faculty members, and then chosen by a student committee. The committee considers comments in the CSSA Department Review pages and other criteria. Recipients are limited to one award every two years. The awards are chosen at the end of the spring semester and cover classes covered in that semester and the preceding fall semester. Recipients limited to one award every two years. (The awards do not have to be for different semesters.)
- Recognition
- Plaque in lobby with names of recipients
- Formal letter, copy to department chair
- Certificate
- Public announcement
| Notice to students [top] |
In May the Computer Science student body recognizes two professors for their excellence in teaching with teaching awards. The recipients are nominated by students and then chosen by a student committee. The committee also considers comments in the CSSA Department Review pages. The awards are chosen at the end of the spring semester and cover classes taught in that semester and the preceding fall semester.
Nominations should include an explanation of the faculty member's excellent teaching; for example, enthusiasm, class preparation, subject knowledge, and results.
Each Recipient is limited to at most one award every two years. Dr. Michael Reiter and Timothy Quigg are the reward recipients in the past two years.
Please send nominations to Chad at cssa@cs.unc.edu.
Also please email Chad if you are interested in being on the committee to select this year's teaching award recipients.
| Criteria [top] |
Here are just some of the criteria used in evaluating nominees for the annual CSSA Teaching Award. Note that the award is given to full-time faculty members only.
- Class preparation and organization
- Subject knowledge
- Enthusiasm
- Student comments in the CSSA Department Review
- Results!
| Award recipients [top] |
| Year | Outstanding teachers |
| 2009-2010 | Dr. Don Smith
Dr. Ron Alterovitz |
| 2008-2009 | Dr. Michael Reiter
Timothy Quigg |
| 2007-2008 | Dr. Svetlana Lazebnik
Dr. Diane Pozefsky Dr. Gregory F. Welch |
| 2005-2006 | Dr. Anselmo Lastra
Dr. Jack Snoeyink |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Jim Anderson
Dr. Anselmo Lastra |
| 2003-2004 | Dr. Gary Bishop
Dr. Guido Gerig |
| 2002-2003 | Dr. Sanjoy Baruah
Dr. Ketan Mayer-Patel |
| 2001-2002 | Dr. James Anderson
Dr. Don Smith |
| 2000-2001 | Dr. Sanjoy Baruah
Dr. Jan Prins |
| 1999-2000 | Dr. Gary Bishop
Dr. Kevin Jeffay |
| 1998-1999 | Dr. Guido Gerig
Dr. Gyula Mago Student Nomination Statements |
| 1997-1998 | Dr. John Poulton
J. M. Walsh |
| 1996-1997 | Dr. Prasun Dewan
Dr. Gyula Mago |
| 1995-1996 | Dr. Gary Bishop
Dr. Siddhartha Chatterjee |
| 1994-1995 | Dr. James Anderson
Dr. Stephen Weiss |
| University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Computer Science, Sitterson Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175 USA |
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