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Twenty-five faculty members and teaching assistants have been named winners of 2018 University Teaching Awards.
The University Committee on Teaching Awards, which oversees the selection process, encouraged students to nominate deserving faculty and graduate teaching assistants for the awards. The committee specifically sought nominations with distinct examples that display the nominees’ care for students, mentorship or effective use of classroom methods.
The full list of winners follows:
Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching, UNC’s Nominee
Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Carlyle Sitterson Award for Teaching First-Year Students
Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement
William C. Friday/Class of 1986 Award for Excellence in Teaching
Johnston Teaching Excellence Awards
Chapman Family Teaching Awards
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
The recipients were recognized during halftime of the men’s basketball game on Jan. 20. Chancellor Carol L. Folt also will host a spring banquet in their honor.