Five statistics graduate students have received Teaching Excellence Awards (TEX Awards) this year. These awards recognize the outstanding teaching achievements of Yichuan Bai, Wangqian Ju, Caleb Leedy, Payton Miloser, and Hao Wang.
Yichuan Bai taught STAT 2260: Introduction to Business Statistics and STAT 3210: Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers. Wangqian Ju taught DS 2020: Data Acquisition and Exploratory Data Analysis, marking the first time a graduate student has instructed this course. Caleb Leedy and Payton Miloser both taught STAT 1010: Principles of Statistics, a fundamental course for many undergraduates. Hao Wang taught STAT 3300: Probability and Statistics for Computer Science and STAT 3050: Engineering Statistics.
The TEX Awards celebrate the impactful role of graduate student instructors, with up to 10% of those involved in teaching recognized annually. Each recipient receives a letter of commendation from the Iowa State President, a certificate signed by the President and Graduate Dean, an honor cord for commencement, and an official transcript notation.
Eligibility for the TEX Awards requires graduate students to have teaching responsibilities and at least two terms of teaching experience. Departments manage the selection process, using criteria such as direct observations and student feedback to identify deserving candidates.
The Department of Statistics congratulates Yichuan Bai, Wangqian Ju, Caleb Leedy, Payton Miloser, and Hao Wang on their well-deserved TEX Awards. We thank them for their important contributions to our program and look forward to their continued success and lasting impact on our academic community.