Teaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to the 2020-2021 Teaching Excellence Award Winners!

Award Process

 

Please consider applying or nominating a fellow faculty member to apply for this recognition of the outstanding efforts faculty make. Applications for the 2021-2022 Award will open in the spring.

 

Overview

There are four awards, each for $1,500:

1. Tenured Faculty
2. Tenure Track Faculty
3. Category II
4. Affiliate (part-time)

The Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Awards are intended to honor individuals who demonstrate excellence in teaching by:

• Exhibiting knowledge of their subject matter
• Showing enthusiasm for their subject matter and for imparting that enthusiasm to students
• Maintaining rigorous academic standards
• Having a positive impact on students’ learning and professional development
• Showing a commitment to teaching
• Cultivating accessibility and open rapport with students

Applicants for the tenured and tenure track award must be full-time faculty and have taught a full load or worked an equivalent load during both semesters of 2020-2021. Applicants for the full-time temporary and part-time faculty award must have taught classes during both semesters of 2020-2021. The Teaching Excellence Award Committee is committed to evaluating on-line and hybrid teaching and encourages all faculty to consider applying for this prestigious award.

 

Application Process

All applications must have been received by the deadline for full consideration.

A complete application will include the following:

1. Complete SRIs from 2019-2020 calendar year Fall and Spring, or Spring 2020 and Fall 2020
2. Syllabus from one class;
3. Guidelines for one assignment;
4. Teaching schedule this semester with times and location of classes;
5. Letter of recommendation from someone who has observed the applicant’s teaching and is not a student.

Please direct questions to [email protected].

 

Past Recipients