Award recipients from the MSU Teaching Awards. From left to right: Shira Weiss, Abeer Siddiqui, Ryan Belowitz, Nikol Piskuric, Katie Moisse and Sunita Nadella.

Photo by Chris Simon.

Original article was first published on Daily News. Read the original article BY SARA LAUX MARCH 21, 2019

Twenty people in the McMaster community received recognition for their dedication to teaching at the annual McMaster Student Union (MSU) Teaching Awards ceremony held earlier this week.

The awards, which were established in 1978, recognize outstanding teaching performance, including the ability to communicate, approachability and enthusiasm of the instructor. Recipients are determined by the number of nominations as well as class evaluations.

School of Interdisciplinary Science application-based award winners include:

MSU Merit Award: Katie Moisse (Faculty of Science)

Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) Award: Nikol Piskuric (Faculty of Science)

MSU Innovation Award: Ryan Belowitz and LIFESCI 2L03 team