Teaching Awards
Nominations for College and Campus Awards for academic year 2007-2008 are now being solicited by the College. The types of awards for which nominations are being requested are outlined below. Nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award in the Humanities will be reviewed by the Faculty Instructional Development Committee which will select up to two candidates to be forwarded for further consideration by the committee responsible for selection of the recipient of the UNL campus-wide award. The Faculty Instructional Development Committee will determine recipients for College Distinguished Awards and the Hazel R. McClymont Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award. The College will review and forward nominations for the Edgerton Junior Faculty Award.
Nomination form for Teaching Awards (Please Note: this form contains interactive fields that allow you to type your personal data, however, it cannot be saved unless you have the full version of Adobe Acrobat)
Rubric for Evaluating College of Arts & Sciences Teaching Award Nominations
THE ANNIS CHAIKIN SORENSEN DISTINGUISHED TEACHING
AWARD IN THE HUMANITIES
One award of $3,000 is presented for outstanding
teaching in the humanities. This includes the disciplines of Arts,
Classics, Communication Studies, English, History, Modern Languages
and Literatures, Journalism, Libraries, Music, Philosophy, Theatre
Arts, ROTC, Museum, Athletic Department, and all the departments
in the College of Architecture. Nominees for this award will also
automatically be considered for one of the College Distinguished
Teaching Awards.
COLLEGE DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDS
Up to six faculty members of the College of Arts & Sciences will be
given distinguished teaching awards. These faculty will receive a cash
award of $1,000. Funds for these awards have been provided by the Nebraska
Legislature. Previous recipients may be nominated after a six-year period.
HAROLD
AND ESTHER EDGERTON JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD
One award of $5,000.
The award will ordinarily be expended over a two-year period as a
$3,000 professional development fund available to support research
and educational activities such as travel or equipment purchases
and a $2,000 salary supplement ($1,000 per year). This award is for
full-time faculty members in the third year of the tenure clock.
All forms and detailed instructions are available at /dean/resources/awards/teach_awards.html
HAZEL R. McCLYMONT DISTINGUISHED TEACHING FELLOW
AWARD
One cash award of $5,000. Previous winners of College
Distinguished Awards are eligible.
All nominations are due in the Dean's office by Wednesday, December 19, 2007. Please do not send nominations directly to Academic Affairs.
Please contact Associate Dean Amy Goodburn (2-2891) or her assistant, Mary Klucas (2-7325), if you have any questions.
