Recognizing Commitments to Teaching & Student Success
This award acknowledges strong commitment to teaching and student success; excellence in teaching practices that reflect the highest standards of pedagogy; a record of outstanding teaching effectiveness within and outside the classroom; effective course design or program development; and the ability to inspire, promote, and sustain students’ intellectual growth emphasizing independent inquiry and critical thinking.
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Award Criteria
The award committee will look for persuasive evidence that nominees:
- Are strongly committed to teaching and learning. This commitment might be demonstrated through activities designed to advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and/or global and multicultural understanding
- Use effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning, including, but not limited to innovative uses of technology, active learning, High-Impact Practices, and assessment
- Have a strong commitment to fostering the academic success of students through interaction with students outside of the classroom (e.g., advising, mentoring, recruiting, etc.)
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Non-Ranked Examples of Accomplishments That May be Included as Evidence:
- Evidence of consistent excellent teaching
- Student success and/or accomplishments
- Advising and/or mentoring of students (e.g., internships, directed studies, study abroad)
- Mentoring of other faculty
- Evidence of reflective teaching
- Intellectually rigorous, creative, and engaging pedagogy
- Teaching workshops, invited talks, or presentations
- External awards and recognitions by local, national, and international organizations for teaching excellence
- Sustained contributions to curriculum development, and/or innovative instructional techniques and technologies
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Eligibility
Any full-time teaching faculty is eligible to be nominated for the award. Administrators with faculty rank are ineligible for faculty awards (i.e., receives a Contract for Faculty Ranked Administrators). Previous award winners of this award (under any of its previous names) are not eligible to apply again. The award recipient must be under contract at KSU when the award is presented. -
Award Amount
Each award consists of $10,000. -
Number and Frequency of Awards
Up to two (2) awards may be presented annually, selected based on the qualifications of nominees.