Faculty Excellence - The Faculty Excellence Award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in all three missions of the institution: teaching, research and service.  Up to five Faculty Excellence awards are given annually and nominations may be submitted by any faculty member or administrator.

Faculty Teaching - The Faculty Teaching Award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching-related activities.  Up to ten Faculty Teaching awards are given annually.  Nomination packages include student and peer evaluations of teaching effectiveness and other supporting documentation of pedagogical innovation and effectiveness.

Faculty Research - The Faculty Research Award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship.  Candidates may be nominated by faculty, administrators, staff or students and awards are given based on the significance of the contributions of the individual in the preceding two years, as well as the long term impact of the individual’s research.

Faculty Service - The Faculty Service Award recognizes faculty members who display exemplary, sustained service to the university and their profession.  The intent of the award is to honor outstanding citizens of the university for their commitment and service.  The nomination and selection of individuals for the award is based on any combination of service to the university and the individual’s profession.

Faculty Achievement - The Faculty Achievement Award recognizes non-regular faculty who have demonstrated sustained excellence in the categories of teaching or research or service. The nomination and selection of individuals for the award shall be based on teaching or research or service to the university and to the individual’s profession.

CET Outstanding Teaching Award - The Committee for Effective Teaching recognizes those faculty members who have demonstrated a high level of instructional effectiveness as measured by student evaluations of teaching effectiveness.  The CET typically recognizes approximately 30 faculty members per year for their excellence in instruction.

Women of the Year - The Woman of the Year award recognizes an outstanding female faculty member whose research, scholarship and service has advanced a positive campus climate for women.  This award is made possible through a generous gift from Cindy Tang, '85 Econ.  

New Awards Background and Summary - This link includes information related to the development of the new faculty awards program.  The letter from the committee to the Chancellor describing the process and seeking approval, rationale, and a summary of the new awards structure are reported.

Award Announcements & Solicitation