UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence launched a University-wide "Thank a Professor" initiative this semester, allowing students to submit thank-you notes that instructors will receive after final grades are submitted.
“Instructors are experiencing increasing demands on their time and may not recognize the often-invisible impact they have on their students,” said Angela Linse, associate dean for teaching and executive director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. “We hope that this initiative can prompt students to reflect on their relationships with instructors and offer a window through which to view the impact they have on students’ experience.”
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit thank-you notes between March 23 and April 10 and can opt to do so anonymously. Notes can be submitted here.
The goal of this program is to recognize the work of instructors beyond formal teaching awards. Instructors who receive thank-you notes from students can choose to be featured on the Schreyer Institute website.
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is part of Penn State Undergraduate Education.