ME PhD Candidate Wins Campus-Wide Graduate Teaching Award

Gillian McDonald was awarded the "Aaron and Anna Beek Graduate Student Teaching Award" for her excellent teaching and her work toward enhancing the learning experience for undergraduate students. Nominations were made by undergraduate students and judged by other teaching graduate students. 

"I'm extremely appreciative to be recognized and especially grateful for the students I had the opportunity to teach," said McDonald. "Without the students' constant contributions and willingness to learn, the course wouldn't have been nearly as impactful. They played a major role in helping me learn how to become an effective instructor, in addition to the guidance provided by Professor Kowalewski and Professor Durfee. Seeing the students' progress come to fruition in their end-of-semester robots was easily the most rewarding experience I've had as an instructor and changed my perspective of teaching for the best."

This one of a kind, campus-wide teaching award will be presented to McDonald at the spring 2020 Council of Graduate Studies Awards Ceremony.