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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Liebe Studierende,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">im Dezember 2019 haben wir Sie zum fünften Mal dazu eingeladen, ein oder zwei WU-Lehrende, die besonders engagiert und motivierend lehren, für den Preis der „Exzellenten Lehre“ vorzuschlagen.
Dieser zeichnet Lehrende aus, die außergewöhnliches Engagement zeigen und dadurch optimale Bedingungen zum Lernen schaffen.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Es freut uns daher besonders Ihnen bekannt geben zu dürfen, dass wir heuer zum ersten Mal mehr als
<b>4000 Nominierungen</b> erhalten haben: 3.006 Studierende haben 4.079 Nominierungen abgegeben und dabei 714 Lehrende nominiert.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Wir möchten uns herzlich für Ihr großes Interesse und die großartige Beteiligung am Nominierungsprozess der Exzellenten Lehre bedanken!
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nach Sichtung der Nominierungen geht der Auswahlprozess nun in die nächste Phase über: Die Nominierungen werden an die Jury übergeben, die über die Vergabe des Preises entscheidet.
Wenn Sie noch einmal nachlesen möchten, wer die Jury im letzten Jahr überzeugen konnte, finden Sie
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.wu.ac.at/mitarbeitende/infos-fuer-lehrende/auszeichnungen-in-der-lehre/teach-excellence/?login=0"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">hier</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
eine kurze Beschreibung der Preisträger/inn/en. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Wir sind schon sehr gespannt, wen wir im Rahmen der Prämienveranstaltung im Juni 2020 als Preisträger/innen der Exzellenten Lehre vorstellen dürfen.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Mit bestem Dank und herzlichen Grüßen,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Margarethe Rammerstorfer, Vizerektorin für Lehre und Studierende</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Maximilian Ölinger, Vorsitzender ÖH WU,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Dear students,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">In December 2019, we invited you to nominate one or two teachers for the Excellent Teaching Award. The award honors teachers
who show particular commitment in teaching and strive to create the best possible learning conditions for their students. This year our expectations were exceeded again and for the first time, we received more than 4,000 votes in the nomination process:
<b>3,006</b> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">students submitted 4,079 votes for 714 WU teachers.
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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We would like to thank you for taking an active interest in the Excellent Teaching Award and for participating in the nomination process!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The selection process will now move on to the next phase: the nominations will be discussed in a jury of experts who will select the awardees. If you are interested in
last year’s awardees, you can find a short description </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.wu.ac.at/mitarbeitende/infos-fuer-lehrende/auszeichnungen-in-der-lehre/teach-excellence/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
(in German only). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The Awards will be presented as part of the WU Awards event in June. You will be invited to the event in the course of the summer semester.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.1pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Maximilian Ölinger, Chair ÖH WU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Margarethe Rammerstorfer,
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