Thank-an-Instructor Program

ATL’s ‘Thank-an-Instructor’ program provides students an opportunity to express appreciation for instructors who have positively impacted their educational journey. The 2025 program was a great success! See below for a recap of this year’s event and we look forward to accepting new submissions in March of 2026.

Spring 2025 Summary:

Overall # of Complete Submitted Notes347
Overall # of ‘Thanked’ Instructors (unduplicated)253
Overall # of Represented Colleges or other URI Centers/Units 

College of Arts & Sciences
College of Business
College of Engineering
College of the Environment & Life Sciences
College of Health Sciences
College of Nursing
College of Pharmacy
Graduate School of Oceanography
Feinstein College of Education
No College/Staff Position
University College of Academic Success
11
Summary of Spring 2025 Thank-an-instructor program

ATL extends appreciation to the following individuals and offices for their support of the ‘Thank-an-Instructor’ program:

Kat Randall / Starfish Coordinator
Jennifer Burgess and the team in the Academic Enhancement Center
Linda Moffat and the UCAS Academic Advising team
John Olerio / Summer & J-Term Director
Catherine Scott, Tony LaRoche and Dina Dionizio / Communications and Social Media & Marketing
Julia Al Amir / Student Involvement and Student Affairs
Cara Mitnick / Graduate School Professional & Community Development

Questions? Contact us via teach@uri.edu.

The Thank-an-Instructor program is not an evaluation of instructors, nor is it connected to any formal University process of instructor evaluation.