Teck-Kah Lim, PhD, is the former Associate Vice Provost of Graduate Studies and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics. He served as a dedicated leader in the Office of Graduate Studies, now the Graduate College, for over a decade. Among Dr. Lim's signature achievements in advocating for graduate students and their success are the doctoral fellowship program, the health insurance subsidy program, training and mentorship programs for graduate teaching assistants, including the teaching portfolio development process, the establishment of graduate student policies, and enhanced interdisciplinary collaborations in graduate education. Dr. Lim also supports a graduate student conference travel support award in his name.

The Teck-Kah Lim Graduate Student Excellence Award, established in 2018, is presented to graduate and professional students (master's and/or doctoral level) who show promise of future meaningful contributions to local, national or global communities as can be gleaned from present academic excellence and achievements in research and/or teaching, as well as outstanding selfless service to peers, and the local community.

2023 Teck-Kah Lim Award Winner

Nicole Cleary

MSN Program in Nursing Education

College of Nursing and Health Professions

2023 Nominees

Afnan H. Bashaikh

MS Program in Interior Architecture and Design

Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Celia F. Armstrong

MS Program in Interior Architecture

Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Previous Award Winners

2022 Teck-Kah Lim Award Winner

Kate Bormann
MS Program in Interior Architecture and Design
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

2021 Teck-Kah Lim Award Winner

Victoria Grunberg 
PhD Program in Clinical Psychology 
College of Arts and Sciences

2020 Teck-Kah Lim Award Winner

Asia Sarycheva
PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

2019 Teck-Kah Lim Award Winner

Ali Jazayeri
PhD Program in Information Science
College of Computing and Informatics

2018 Teck-Kah Lim Award Winner

Dyan O'Donoghue
Master's Program in Legal Studies
Thomas R. Kline School of Law