Anna Mederer 2025 TA of the Year Award

l to r: Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Alex Wyglinski, Secretary of the Faculty Mark Claypool, Anna Mederer, President Grace Wong, and Provost Andrew Sears

 

Recognition for Outstanding Teaching Assistant

The Morgan Teaching and Learning Center and the offices of Graduate Studies and Undergraduate Studies were pleased to honor a graduate Teaching Assistant at the Faculty Awards Convocation on May 2, 2025.

Anna Mederer Receives TA of the Year Award

Anna, a Ph.D. student in the Physics Department, was described as thoughtful, effective, and "Super TA."  For their tireless and exceptional service to their students, faculty, and department, we are pleased to recognize Anna as this year’s Teaching Assistant of the Year. Faculty praised Anna’s dedication to their students, highlighting their efforts to ensure the success of every student through regular check-ins, thought-provoking questions, and encouragement of critical thinking during experiments. Students commented on how “Anna was clear and instructive when they helped clarify lab questions” and “always had helpful formulas and drawings on the board and made sure we were aware of them and understood them.” 

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