Faculty Excellence Awards - Program Description & Submission Requirements

2012-2013 Program Description and Submission Requirements

1. NATURE AND CATEGORIES OF AWARDS
   
   1. Awards for excellence in teaching
      This award is to recognize, encourage, and reward superior teachers and contributions to the development and delivery of effective teaching and learning experiences -individuals whose command of their respective disciplines, teaching methodologies, innovation, communications skills, assessment and research, concern for student performance, and commitment to improve the teaching/ learning process/environment exemplify the teacher/ mentor model.
      The award is designed to distinguish those teachers who maintain high expectation of their students and who ensure academic rigor in their courses.
   2. Awards for excellence in research or creative endeavors
      This award is to recognize, encourage, and reward those individuals whose research or creative endeavors have been particularly successful and are so recognized locally, regionally, and nationally. The results of these efforts should have contributed to the expansion of knowledge and/or the quality of life, and/or encouraged additional research.
   3. Award for excellence in service
      This award is to recognize, encourage, and reward those individuals whose service achievements have been particularly successful and are so recognized locally, regionally, or nationally.
      This award is designed to distinguish those persons whose service, leadership and care have made significant influence in the life of the college/university, community and/or profession beyond the university.
   4. Award for excellence in advising/mentoring
      This award is to recognize, encourage, and reward those individuals whose efforts in advising and mentoring undergraduate students have been particularly successful in terms of student engagement, achievement, retention and graduation.
      This award is designed to distinguish those persons whose advising and mentoring have made significant contributions to the lives of students during and after college.
       
2. NUMBER AND FREQUENCY OF AWARDS
   1. Award for excellence in teaching
      1. There may be one award in each college of the University annually
      2. There shall be one university-level award annually. The university level recipient shall be chosen from the college-level award winners
      3. The awards for excellence in teaching may be shared when the achievements being recognized result from joint efforts
   2. Award for excellence in research or creative endeavors
      1. There may be one award in each college of the university annually
      2. There shall be one university level award annually. The university level recipient will be chosen from the college level award winners
      3. The awards for excellence in research or creative endeavors may be shared when the achievements being recognized result from joint efforts
   3. Award for excellence in service
      1. There may be one award from each college of the University
      2. There shall be one university-level award annually. The university-level recipient shall be chosen from the college-level award winners
      3. The awards for excellence in public service may be shared when the achievements being recognized result from joint efforts
   4. Award for excellence in advising/mentoring
      1. There may be one award from each of the Colleges.
      2. There shall be one University-level award annually. The recipient shall be chosen from the College-level award winners.
      3. The awards for excellence in advising/mentoring may be shared when the achievements being recognized result from joint efforts.