Distinguished Teaching Award

1. Includes all full-time UMC faculty/staff engaged in a minimum of 50 percent time teaching at UMC and have completed three or more years prior to the nomination of the award.
2. Nominations will be accepted from students, colleagues, alumni, UMC clubs or organizations, academic units, and/or individual faculty and staff. Please see Nomination Procedure section below for the guidelines in submitting nominations.
3. Previous recipients are eligible after five years have passed from the last time the award was received.
4. The files of unsuccessful nominees will remain active for two additional years for later consideration.

Selection of the award recipient will be based on the documents that support each nomination. The following items will be considered:

Teaching Effectiveness

• Use of current, innovative, and effective teaching practices.
• Ability to stimulate students to be successful academically.
• Course material presented is current.

Student Development

• Success in helping students develop their leadership and social skills.
• Availability and willingness to help students.

Educational Leadership

• Contributions to teaching through seminars, articles, and other professional activities.
• Educational contributions to UMC.

Review of all nominations and selection of the Distinguished Teaching Award recipient is the responsibility of the Faculty Awards Committee.

Nominations should be in the following format in a folder and should include the following information:

1. Letter of nomination (submitted by the nominator) summarizing the nominee’s qualifications as they relate to the Evaluation Criteria (see next section).
2. Vitae with:
   • departmental, collegiate, and university committee involvement;
   • publication record;
   • courses taught;
   • course development;
   • advising assignments;
   • list of teaching related materials which have been developed.
3. Evidence of improvement of teaching.
4. Peer or colleague evaluations (maximum of three letters supporting the nomination; letters should address items listed under Evaluation Criteria). Note: Letters will be solicited by an individual other than the nominee.
5. Alumni evaluations (maximum of three letters supporting the nomination; letters should address items listed under Evaluation Criteria). Note: Letters will be solicited by an individual other than the nominee.

Review of all nominations and selection of the Distinguished Scholar Award recipient is the responsibility of the Faculty Awards Committee.