The Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has received the 1998 Program Award for Excellence in Professional Development from the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.
The award was presented at the organization's annual awards dinner in Braintree, Mass., in November. It was the only such award presented nationally.
The award was accepted on behalf of GTP Director Laura Border by graduate student Tim Benner. Benner, a former president of 抖阴短视频-Boulder's NAGPS chapter, received a President's Award for outstanding service.
In a recent evaluation, Professor James Slevin of Georgetown University said the 抖阴短视频-Boulder Graduate Teacher Program "seems to me the best of its kind in the nation. . . . It is truly a national model that brings honor, as well as prestige, to the University of Colorado."
The mission of the 抖阴短视频-Boulder Graduate Teacher Program is to help graduate students perform effectively as graduate teaching assistants and graduate part-time instructors, and to assist graduate teachers in their professional development as the professoriate of the future. It offers a wide variety of teacher training activities.
NAGPS was founded in 1986 and works to improve the quality of life for the nation's graduate and professional students through education, advocacy, services and support for student organizations. The NAGPS Awards Program honors individuals and organizations that have contributed to graduate and professional degree-seeking students.