Word: prize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...prize, conceived of by Department Chairman Robert D. Putnam, will recognize long term acheivement by one to four teaching fellows each year, said Alexei J. Cowett '89, a member of the committee that will award the prizes. The winners will receive approximately $500 apiece from an anonymous gift...
Students nominate candidates for the prize, which will be awarded this spring. Then the nominees will be evaluated by the department's Undergraduate Affairs Commitee (UAC), a group comprised of one concentrator from each of the houses, Head Tutor Mark Peterson, assistant professor of government and several members from the department's Board of Tutors...
Both concentrators and non-concentrators will be encouraged to submit nomination essays recommending particular candidates for the prize. "We want very, very much to make sure that students who aren't concentrators have the opportunity to make nominations," Peterson said. "Because we have such a large number of other students in our courses, their input is obviously important as well...
About 60 graduate students are eligible for the prize, Cowett said. Peterson said he has already received five forms, even though the department will not begin publicizing the award until next week...
...department notified concentrators of the prize by including a notice and nomination form in their second semester registration packets. The nomination forms are due by March...