27 May 2004

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Next Wednesday, June 2nd at 4:30 p.m., there will be a reception in honor of our graduate students who have got awards.

We will honor our 2003-2004 GTA award winners. This year we had 8 finalists who have done an excellent job in undergraduate teaching over the last academic year. After much deliberation, the GSC decided to award

• Steve Harter
• Michael Hunt
• Carmen Lefever
• Erica Whitaker

with this year's teaching prize. Each prize comes with a cash award of $ 750.

Other finalists for the award

• Niranjan Balachandaran
• Ronnie Pavlov
• Kevin Schoenecker
• Sean Yee

will also be recognized with a certificate.

In addition,

• Raciel Valle
• Jin Wang
• Isabel Averill

will be recognized with a certificate for outstanding teaching during their first year as a GTA.

We will also recognize

• Michael Khoury

for winning the NSF Graduate Fellowship award.

Sincerely
Saleh Tanveer
Professor and Vice Chair (for grad studies)
Mathematics Department