If you would like to nominate someone for an award related to research or extension, please contact that individual directly, or let me know at tom_birkland@ncsu.edu. In the memo below, I highlight the research and extension awards where my office can be of help. Please note that many of these awards recognize excellence across research, teaching, service, and extension and engagement.
These awards are important, and in some years we've not nominated as many people as we could for some awards. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague! Let me know how I can help.--Tom
MEMORANDUM
TO: CHASS Department Heads
FROM: Dara Leeder, Director of Student
Recruitment & Retention
SUBJECT: Faculty Awards for Excellence
DATE: September 13, 2012
We
would like to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the
following nine awards that recognize faculty excellence in teaching, research
and/or extension.
Past
recipients of all University awards numbered 1 through 4 below may be accessed
in an Excel document available as a link (Past Recipients) at the bottom of the
page at: http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/
I
am the primary contact point for all of our college’s faculty awards, and will
work with the various award administrators and review committees to ensure that
all necessary paperwork is completed in an accurate, timely manner. All paper submissions should be dropped
off/mailed to Michelle Branch in our office: CHASS Dean’s Office, 106 Caldwell
Hall, Box 8101. All online materials
should be sent to: michelle_branch@ncsu.edu.
If you have any questions, please contact me via email or at (919) 515-3638.
1) BOARD OF GOVERNORS
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING DEADLINE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012
http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/board-of-governors/
(Click on BOG link on the left-hand side for more details.)
CHASS
must put forward one nominee for the BOG Award.
The individual who is nominated by CHASS will be selected by the CHASS
Outstanding Teacher Selection Committee from the names submitted by department
heads.
The
deadline for nominations from CHASS department heads is October 12, 2012.
This
award is very competitive, as you might imagine. Nominees must be members of the NCSU Academy
of Outstanding Teachers, have an excellent record of scholarship, and meet
other criteria explained on the BOG web site (above).
All
that we ask you do in support of your nominee is write a two-page letter of
support and submit that along with a two-page vita.
If
your nominee is the person put forward by the college, a substantial portfolio
must be constructed as detailed at: http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/board-of-governors/bog-submission-packet-guidelines/
Please
note that October 12 is the internal CHASS deadline. The university deadline is December 7. Once we determine the CHASS nominee (probably
late October), we will need those weeks until December 7 to prepare his or her
BOG portfolio.
2) ALEXANDER QUARLES
HOLLADAY MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
DEADLINE: DECEMBER
2012, Date TBA
The
purpose of this award is to recognize members of the faculty who, over their
careers, have made outstanding contributions to the University through their
achievements in research, teaching, or extension and engagement. The number of nominations has declined in
recent years, so nominations for this prestigious award are particularly
encouraged.
The
deadline for submitting new nominations AND updates to current nominees will be
in December 2012. Nominations do NOT go
through CHASS, but should be submitted directly to the Office of Faculty
Development. Please refer to http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/holladay-medal-for-excellence/
for more details.
3) ALUMNI
DISTINGUISHED UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSOR
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
30, 2012
Each
department may submit one nomination. Nominees:
a) Must be a member of the Academy of
Outstanding Teachers
b) Must have provided distinguished
service in undergraduate teaching at NC State for at least 7 years
c) Must not have been previously named as
an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor
d) Must be teaching during the 2012-13 academic
year
The
deadline for nominations from CHASS department heads is November 30, 2012. The individual whose name is put forward to
the university will be selected by the CHASS Outstanding Teacher Selection
Committee.
One
complete copy of the award portfolio (in print AND on CD) must be submitted to
the CHASS Dean’s Office. Please refer to: http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/alumni-distinguished-undergaduate-professor/adup-submission-packet-guidelines/
for required portfolio contents.
***For
the hard copy of the packet: Please pay
careful attention to specified page limits for packet materials - they are very
strictly enforced. (Note: When the instructions refer to “one page,” this means
one side of one page.) If a nomination
packet does not meet the page limit guidelines, we will ask the nominee to
revise the packet. Be sure to complete the Nomination Form in its entirety,
including Home Address. For our office, please
do not place colored papers between the nomination packet sections. If the packet goes forward to the university,
we will arrange the packet appropriately.
***For
the CD: Each section of the nomination
MUST be submitted as a separate PDF file, as required by the Provost’s
Office. If the nominee’s name is put
forth by the college, having the files arranged in this manner will save
considerable time.
4) OUTSTANDING
TEACHING AWARDS
DEADLINE: FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Nominees:
a) Must have taught 15 student credit
hours at NC State (excluding summer sessions)
b) Must be teaching during the 2012-13
academic year
c) Must not be an Outstanding Teacher
Award recipient in the three preceding years
d) Must not be an Alumni Distinguished
Undergraduate Professor Award recipient in the three preceding years
We
ask that you submit nominations for this award (up to 10% of total tenure-track
faculty in the department).
The
CHASS Outstanding Teacher Selection Committee will then select a total of four
nominees. Three will be forwarded to the
University to be considered for the Academy of Outstanding Teachers. These three will also receive CHASS
Outstanding Teacher Awards. The fourth
nominee will receive the Lonnie & Carole Poole Award for Excellence.
One
complete copy of the award portfolio (in print AND on CD) must be submitted to
the CHASS Dean’s Office. Please refer to http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/alumni-distinguished-undergaduate-professor/adup-submission-packet-guidelines/
for required portfolio contents.
***For
the hard copy of the packet: Please pay
careful attention to specified page limits for packet materials - they are very
strictly enforced. (Note: When the instructions refer to “one page,” this means
one side of one page.) If a nomination
packet does not meet the page limit guidelines, we will ask the nominee to
revise the packet. Be sure to complete the Nomination Form in its entirety,
including Home Address. For our office,
please do not place colored papers between the nomination packet sections. If the packet goes forward to the university,
we will arrange the packet appropriately.
***For
the CD: Each section of the nomination
MUST be submitted as a separate PDF file, as required by the Provost’s
Office. If the nominee’s name is put
forth by the college, having the files arranged in this manner will save
considerable time.
5) CHASS OUTSTANDING
LECTURER
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
30, 2012
Please
use the Outstanding Teacher nomination form and follow the award portfolio
guidelines for Outstanding Teacher as detailed at http://ofd.ncsu.edu/teaching-awards/alumni-distinguished-undergaduate-professor/adup-submission-packet-guidelines/
One complete copy of the portfolio is
required in both print and CD in the CHASS Dean’s Office no later than November
30, 2012. (Please note that NO 5x7 color photo is required for this
nomination.)
Lecturers
must have worked for the University for three years, part-time OR full-time. The three years can include the semester in
which the nomination is put forth.
Please indicate rank on the nomination form.
6) ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE PROFESSOR AWARD
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013
Considerations
for this award would be outstanding service in teaching graduate courses,
curricular contributions or program development, supervising thesis and
dissertation research, indication of scholarly contributions in the area of
graduate teaching effort, contributions of nominee's students, etc.
Please
forward self nominations for the ad hoc award committee by January 11, 2013. The Graduate School deadline for receipt of
college nominations is February 21, 2013.
Please
see: http://www.ncsu.edu/grad/alumni-and-friends/award.html
for further details.
7) CHASS OUTSTANDING SERVICE EXTENSION AWARDS
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013
These awards are given to encourage and recognize outstanding extension,
engagement, and economic development activities by faculty and EPA employees of
NC State University. They are directly parallel in intent to the University's
Outstanding Teaching Awards; and, therefore, are not intended to recognize
personal activities unrelated to the individual's work area or University
sponsored programs; i.e., civic, church and charitable work.
Please
see: http://www.ncsu.edu/extension/awards/outstanding_extension_award.html
for the nomination details. University
deadlines have not been set yet for 2013, but in keeping with last year’s
calendar, college nominations should be received no later than January 18, 2013.
8) NC STATE ALUMNI RESEARCH AWARD
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013
The NC State
University Alumni Association recognizes the importance of NC State faculty
research achievements. The Alumni Association will support three research
awards ($4,000 each) to be announced each year at the spring commencement.No more than two nominations may be submitted from any one college. In order for the College Research Office to review and evaluate nominations, and meet the University deadline, all pertinent materials must be submitted no later than February 8, 2013.
Please submit materials required (letter of nomination, complete vita, five letters of reference, and copies of selected publications relevant to the nomination), electronically (in Word or pdf). The college will distribute these to the CHASS Review Committee, made up of past winners, and the University Selection Committee.
Please see: http://www.ncsu.edu/research/outstanding-research-award.php for complete details.
9) CHASS OUTSTANDING JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013
This
important award recognizes the assistant professor in the College judged to
have the most significant professional accomplishments during the first years
of his or her career at NC State. Each
department may submit one nominee. The
nomination packet should include one copy of the following:
a) 2-page nomination letter from the
Department Head or Head designee
b) 2-page letter detailing the candidate’s
research, teaching and service accomplishments
c) Full curriculum vita
The
nomination letter from the Head or Head designee should focus on the
significance of the nominee’s research, including the prominence/quality of
journals discussed, the importance of mentioned awards in the field, etc. In addition, the letter should focus on the
ways in which their research and teaching rise above the average of what is
expected for tenure (i.e. how is their research groundbreaking; what
innovations in teaching or curriculum have they implemented). It should also be indicated what the
nominee’s teaching load is when compared to the average teaching load for
his/her department.
