It’s important to celebrate a job well-done, and so most professions celebrate particularly good jobs by lavishing those responsible with some kind of award that recognizes their all-around awesomeness. Actors have the Oscars. Singers have the Grammys. Singing actors have the Tonys. But what about you ultimate triple-threat professionals, the graduate assistants and teaching assistants?

Here at the University of Windsor, awesome GAs and TAs who have made outstanding contributions to the UWindsor learning environment are recognized through the GA/TA Awards, which will make their return in 2014. Sort of like the Tonys (but without the catchy nickname and ample categories), the GA/TA Awards recognize exceptional graduate assistants and teaching assistants in two categories: Educational Practice and Educational Leadership. In short, the awards aim to do the following:

• To recognize and honour exemplary GAs and TAs who contribute to a positive, learning-centred environment at the University of Windsor.

• To inspire GAs and TAs to recognize their potential for excellence in educational practice and leadership, and motivate them to transform that potential into reality.

• To publicize examples of excellence in GA/TA educational practice and leadership that can inform the practices of all teachers, while contributing to student and faculty pride in teaching and learning at the University of Windsor.

So, do you know anyone that fits the bill? Keep an eye out for those commendable GAs and TAs doing great work, and watch for a call for nominations in March.