Binghamton University student receives Graduate Excellence Award

BINGHAMTON, NY (04/01/2014)(readMedia)-- Each year, Binghamton University honors the special achievements of those graduate students who serve as teaching assistants and instructors. Nominations are invited from all graduate programs and recipients represent a variety of teaching approaches in diverse subjects.

Elizabeth Macaluso from Melville, NY has recently received a Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching award from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Elizabeth Macaluso is a warm, enthusiastic and engaging teacher known for her ability to encourage to students to participate in class discussions no matter how shy they may be. Her nominator writes that she is adept at drawing every student in her class into discussions and she also sets high standards for her students, and for herself. Her lesson plans are meticulous and set the stage for collaborative exchanges that help her students achieve excellence in expository writing and literary analysis. Students write of being able to thoroughly discuss their personal views about an umbrella topic or question of the day in a comfortable atmosphere. She makes difficult material understandable through a variety of activities and strategies, and is generous with her time outside of class for students who wish to meet with her. A graduate student leader as well, she is a model of what a student-centered teacher should be.

Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.