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Students will be selected based on superband creative performance in the classroom or laboratory, engagement with mentoring and advisement, and a commitment to the high academic standards in teaching.  \nI. Eligibility  \n• The nominee must be a current, full-time UB graduate student.  \n• The nominee may be nominated a total of two times over the course of their time as a graduate student. Previous Excellence in Teaching Award recipients are no longer eligible.  \n• The nominee must have been involved in teaching at UB for the equivalent of at least one academic year (does not have to be during consecutive semesters) .  \n• The nominee must be enrolled in the spring 2024 semester.  \nTeaching assistants who supervise laboratory sections, recitation sections or their own courses are equally eligible.  \nII. The Nomination Process  \nNomination must be submitted through the online nomination form.  \nAny member of the faculty may initiate a nomination. Self-nominations are strongly discouraged.  \nNominations must be submitted online by Friday, Feb. 23 , 2024 at 5 p. m. Please contact your academic dean’s office to coordinate as needed prior to submission.  \nQuestions about the nomination guidelines and process can be directed to Elizabeth Colucci at  \n[colucci3@buffalo.edu](colucci3@buffalo.edu).  \nIII. The Nomination Form Materials  \nThe following must be provided by the candidate's sponsor:  \n• Candidate information.  \n• Candidate's department information.  \n• Candidate's mentor information.  \n• Sponsor information and selection criteria.  \nThe candidate’s sponsor should clearly address how the candidate’s performance specifically fulfills each of the following award selection criteria:  \n• Teaching skill. The nominee must perform superbly and creatively in the classroom or laboratory (i.e. , show evidence from quantitative assessments of teaching and/or summaries of qualitative evaluationsand course materials) .  \n• Mentorship/advisement. The nominee must be concerned with the intellectual growth of individual students, must measurably facilitate their growth and must help students achieve academic excellence (i.e. , show evidence of accessibility outside of the classroom, and a description of mentoring/advising activities in the candidate’s personal statement) .  \n• Academic standards and requirements. The nominee must set high standards for students (i.e. , show evidence from duties and responsibilities, course material presented, and degree of course difficulty) .  \n• Teaching history and observations, to include:  \n• Up to five listings of the nominee’s teaching history and faculty observations and should include the following for each:  \n• Name of course, semester and year taught, and the number of students enrolled.  \n• A specific description of the candidate’s teaching role and duties in each course/section.  \n• An indication of the candidate’s responsibilities for grading.  \n• Faculty observations (Maximum of 250 words each) . First-hand commentary from sponsors and other faculty members who have witnessed a candidate’s in-class performance. Place the candidate’s work in an appropriate professional, disciplinary and/or pedagogical context.  \n• Up to two testimonials from a candidate’s own students using the Student Testimonial Form (located atthe end of this document) for each. Testimonials that address the selection criteria of teaching skill, mentorship/advisement, and academic standards and requirements are most helpful. Do not include testimonials from fellow graduate students.  \n• Copy of candidate’s current unofficial transcript.  \nThe following must be provided by the candidate:  \n• Personal statement. 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