The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Academic Effectiveness have announced the 2025 Georgia Tech CIOS Award winners.

The Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Annual CIOS Award is open to full-time Georgia Tech employees who teach credit courses and who administer the Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS). Each year, 40 to 50 winners are selected and announced for courses taught during the previous calendar year.

“The CIOS is one way that students can share feedback about their learning experiences in a course,” said Carol Subiño Sullivan, associate director for the Center. “Winners of the CIOS Award have been recognized by their students as creating a learning environment that is interesting, engaging, and respectful. Congratulations!”

“What a privilege it was to have a professor as caring and passionate as you,” wrote one student to Kate McCann, a 2025 award recipient. “Thank you for consistently prioritizing our well-being and making [the course] so engaging. I was always excited to wake up and go to your class! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and for challenging us to grow as neuroscientists and people. Reflecting on your class, I learned so much and will carry many of the people-focused concepts with me as I continue through healthcare. I hope you know how loved and respected you are among students.”

The ​generous gifts in the ​Jack and Frances Mundy and Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard endowments provide funding for a $1,000 stipend awarded to winners.

The 2025 CIOS Award recipients from the College of Sciences are:

• Katharine McCann, recognized for NEUR 4803: Special Topics: Neuroscience of Addiction
• Liana Boop, recognized for EAS 1600: Intro-Environmental Sci
• Brian Hammer, recognized for BIOS 3381: Microbiology Lab
• Adam Decker, recognized for BIOS 3753: Human Anatomy

Consult the full list of 2025 CIOS Award recipients.