I’m quite late on this post, but HOORAY! I have been awarded one of the 2010 College of Engineering Graduate Teaching Fellowships! (At the time of this writing my picture had not yet been uploaded.) This will facilitate development of my teaching skills and philosophy. The fellowship also provides me 3 years of funding, so I need not depend on an adviser for funding. And, the flip side, is that an adviser need not fund me. As part of the fellowship, I will teach Engineering workshops, then I will be a TA again, but with a more participatory role than might be typical, and finally I will be the instructor for a course! The program also requires that I take a number of courses in the Preparing the Future Professoriate program, but I’ve already started on them! This program, and the resources it will provide are sure to accelerate my becoming an excellent professor.