The NDSU Graduate School has created the Graduate Teaching Advisory Group, known as GTAG, to encourage teaching excellence by graduate students. 

“The GTAG gives graduate students a resource from which students can learn to become more effective instructors and students in a comfortable, non-threatening environment by working with graduate students who have teaching experience,” said Brandy Randall, associate dean, who co-directs the program with Paul Kelter, director of the Office of Teaching and Learning.

The advisory group is led by doctoral graduate students in a peer teaching format. Members will meet monthly with a group of graduate students who are participating in a Teaching and Learning Community to discuss best practices for teaching assistants, particularly with respect to promoting active learning by undergraduate students.

Graduate students nominated for the advisory group are:

• Anuchidacheromoh Scholz, human development and education
• Elliott Welker, genomics and bioinformatics
• Kimberly Booth, zoology
• MD Sharijad Hasan, civil engineering
• Renee Bourdeaux, communication
• Shweta Sharma, communication 

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