Thirty University of Iowa students were awarded an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award by the University of Iowa Council on Teaching.

The award, in its 24th year, is presented annually by Council on Teaching to teaching assistants who have demonstrated outstanding ability in teaching at the UI.

Teaching assistants from all academic departments are eligible to be nominated for this award. For more information about the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, visit www.uiowa.edu/~cot/TA%20Award/otamenu.htm.

The recipients:

• Pablo Balbontin, Spanish and Portuguese
• Brian Borchers, mathematics
• Erin Brummett, communication studies
• Matthew Calamia, psychology
• Andres Carlstein, creative writing
• Steven Charlier, management and organizations
• Daniel Cukierski, geoscience
• Heather Draxl, language, literacy, and culture
• Nathan Druivenga, mathematics
• John Eicher, history
• Sadia Embree, mathematics
• Zach Gall, English
• Derek Gromadzki, cinema and comparative literature
• Adrienne Ho, classics
• Karry Jannie, biology
• Katharina Kley, German
• Stephanie Kliethermes, biostatistics
• Rebecca Laird, chemistry
• Marilda Oviedo, journalism and mass communication
• Ann Raddant, molecular physiology and biophysics
• Rajiv Ranjan, Asian and Slavic languages
• Erin Reynolds, epidemiology
• Rebekah Shippy, chemistry
• Ivana Takacova, American Studies
• Samuel Taylor, philosophy
• Marta Tecedor Cabrero, Spanish and Portuguese
• Sarah Trabert, anthropology
• Matthew Vasquez, social work
• Nettie Vinsonhaler, English
• Lahiru Wijenayaka, chemistry