Carnegie Mellon University honors faculty, staff and graduate students for their exceptional contributions in education, teaching, advising, mentoring and service with its annual . The awards recognize the accomplishments of those who exemplify the university’s standards of excellence in education, and celebrates CMU’s distinguished faculty members and educators for their outstanding contributions and devotion to the university.
Additional honor exemplary teaching by faculty members within the seven schools and colleges at CMU. Each college selects their own recipient(s) based on specific criteria and they are chosen throughout the academic year, depending on the college’s award cycle. See the 2023-2024 .
The 2024 Celebration of Education Awards Ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, in Rangos Ballroom.
The 2024 Celebration of Education Award recipients
- Richard Scheines, Robert E. Doherty Award for Sustained Contributions to Excellence in Education
- Mame-Fatou Niang, William H. and Frances S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching
- Kurt Larsen, Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Advising and Mentoring
- Shawn Blanton, Barbara Lazarus Award for Graduate Student and Junior Faculty Mentoring
- B. Reeja Jayan, Teaching Innovation Award
- Jerry Wang, Teaching Innovation Award
- Suzy Li, Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Isabel Murdock and Mansi Sood, Graduate Student Service Award