A graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese is being honored by both campus and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. 

Lucía Sánchez-Gilbert won the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. This highly selective award, given to a maximum of five graduate teaching assistants, is awarded by the Office of the Provost. 

Sánchez-Gilbert also received an LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants, one of six in that category. 

There were 14 total recipients of the college's 2024 teaching and advising awards. These awards are given to professors, graduate students, lecturers, and advisors who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to undergraduate teaching and advising. 

“We are proud to have such an impressive group of people advancing our vital teaching and advising goals,” said Venetria K. Patton, the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of LAS. “We received exceptional feedback from students and alumni about them. They truly devote themselves to preparing others for the future.”  

During her time at the university, Sánchez-Gilbert has excelled at instructing at all levels, serving as the main instructor of 10 different Spanish classes, many of her own design.

“Specific resources and skills (Sánchez-Gilbert) taught me in SPAN 228 have been essential to my current work as a translator for the University of Iowa Mobile Clinic writing flyers and emails to connect with our patients,” wrote former student Elisabeth Martin.

Editor's note: The LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching was first announced on the College of LAS website.