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Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Distinguished Teacher Awards!
 

Kashif Memon, Science and Business
 

Anindya Sen, Economics
 

Levent Tuncel, Combinatorics and Optimization
 

Christina Vester, Classical Studies

Kashif Memon

Science and Business

Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Teacher Award

Kashif Memon, an academic advisor, coordinator, and lecturer for Science and Business, has been teaching at the University of Waterloo since 2005. His students and colleagues give high praise to his dedication to excellence in teaching, his devotion to advising and mentoring, and his sincere concern for students. In addition, using group discussions in his classroom has made a valuable impact on student learning.

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Amit & Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student!
 

Rania Al-Hammoud, Civil and Environmental Engineering
 

Nathaniel Barr, Psychology
 

Brenda Lee, Biology (Nanotechnology)


 

Rania Al-Hammoud

Civil & Environmental Engineering

The Waterloo Region Record has published a front-page story about the Loving to Learn Day initiative that the Centre for Teaching Excellence coordinates annually.

The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) has two unique job opportunities open for senior graduate students registered at the University of Waterloo. The position runs from March 2014 through April 2015.

Please refer to the flyer for specific details, the application deadline and instructions.

Please join us on Thursday, March 27, 2014 for a series of ePortfolio presentations beginning with:

Keynote: ePortfolios as Catalysts for Transformative Change 

Mini-presentations: How ePortfolios are being used at uWaterloo 

Kristin Brown, one of CTE's TA Workshop Facilitators, is also Co-Director of Stand Up to Stigma, a s

In collaboration with the Office of the Associate Vice President, Academic, the Centre for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce that two LITE Full Grant projects were funded through the October 2013 competition.

Contest deadline:
Wednesday, February 12, 2014! 

Trevor Holmes -- CTE's Senior Instructional Developer for Programming -- has successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Trevor, on this accomplishment! We look forward to calling you "Dr."! 

CTE is pleased to announce that Dr. Brett Beston has been hired as the Faculty Liaison for Applied Health Sciences. Brett comes to CTE from McMaster University where he has taught in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour. He can be reached at bbeston@uwaterloo.ca or a extension 37808.