NDSU’s Graduate School and the Office of Teaching and Learning partnered to offer an Excellence in Instruction Award to recognize graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) for their efforts to improve teaching and learning on campus. In April, 23 individuals were nominated, of those, 4 individuals were selected to receive this award by a panel of NDSU instructors.

The four recipients of this year’s award are:

• Emily Hackerson, Department of Biological Sciences
• Himani Yadav, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
• Alex Knoppes, Department of Psychology
• Alexandra Rowe, Department of English

These four GTAs received this award on Friday, April 5, 2024, in a special ceremony held at the NDSU GradHub in the Main Library.