Congratulations to UK's outstanding graduate teaching assistants!

Front row, from left: Graduate Teaching Assistants Faith Hensley and Clara Mitchinson. Back row, third from left: Graduate Teaching Assistant Alex Farone. Not pictured: Graduate Teaching Assistant Edgar Garcia-Velozo. Carter Skaggs | UK Photo

UK honors 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award winners

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 1, 2026) — The University of Kentucky celebrated exceptional faculty and graduate teaching assistants with Outstanding Teaching Awards during the 2026 UK Faculty Awards Ceremony, April 30 on campus.

The Outstanding Teaching Awards annually honor faculty and graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence as instructors across all learning environments. Selected through a nomination process, candidates and finalists are reviewed by faculty-driven committees empaneled by the Office for Faculty Advancement and the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT).

Graduate teaching assistants

• Alex Farone, College of Arts and Sciences
• Edgar Garcia-Velozo, College of Arts and Sciences
• Faith Hensley, College of Arts and Sciences
• Clara Mitchinson, College of Education

You can read the full story here: UK honors 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award winners | UKNow