PVM Scholars Honored at 21st Annual Celebration of Graduate Teaching Excellence

April 26, 2019

Several Purdue Veterinary Medicine graduate students and post-doctoral researchers were among those honored at the 21st Annual Celebration of Graduate Teaching Excellence hosted by the Office of the Provost, Purdue Teaching Academy, Graduate School, and Center for Instructional Excellence. The event on Tuesday, April 23, recognized graduate students and post-doctoral scholars who received Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards, Graduate Instructional Development Certificates (GIDC), Graduate Teaching Certificates (GTC), and Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificates (AGTC).  Also honored were graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, faculty, and staff who received the Certificates of Foundations in College Teaching and Certificates of Practice in College Teaching. 

Congratulations to the following Purdue Veterinary Medicine scholars who received recognition at the event: 

2019 Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award:

  • Jesus Hermida, Graduate Student, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
  • Kara Negrini, Research Assistant, Basic Medical Sciences

2018 Graduate Instructional Development Certificate:

2018 – 2019 Certificate of Foundations in College Teaching:

  • Alex Dieterly, Graduate Student, Comparative Pathobiology
  • Dayna Dreger, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Basic Medical Sciences
  • Yung Yi C. Mosley, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Comparative Pathobiology

Click here to view a news release about the 21st Annual Celebration of Graduate Teaching Excellence, which includes a complete listing of those who were honored.

Writer(s): Purdue News Service | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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