Faculty Awards

Faculty Awards

Eligibility:

• Any full-time faculty members including lecturers, department chairs, and program directors are eligible for the awards. 
• Faculty members can apply to more than one award. 
• Past award winners can apply for the awards regardless of the year they won the awards.

Application Procedure and Deadline: 

• Faculty can be nominated or self-nominate by sending an email to the chair of COB Faculty Council before 5 PM on April 4^th, 2025. 
• A SharePoint site will be created for each nominated faculty member. 
• All application materials must be submitted to the SharePoint site by 5 PM on April 11^th , 2024.

The Award Selection Committee Composition and Process:

The award committee, comprised of Chair of the Council and one faculty member from each discipline in college and Associate Dean will assess self-nominations to determine if they meet the eligibility requirements, and then individually and collectively rank the nominees relative to how strongly each candidate meets the stated award criteria. One recipient will be selected from the pool. The committee will ensure that no more than one award in each category (teaching, research, service) is given in each year. 

Requirements for Award Recipients: 

• The recipients’ accomplishment will be shared on college website/newsletters.
• Recipients will be expected to share their methods with colleagues preferably through a Workshop Series or Research connections seminar.
• Recipients will be expected to serve on future award selection committees.

Excellence in Teaching Award

Description: The College of Business recognizes faculty members who have been outstanding in teaching.

Selection Criteria: Outstanding teaching is defined as activities that achieve success in student learning and overall student development.

Application Materials:

• A personal statement describing teaching/learning philosophy and/or innovative ideas and their implementation. 
• Examples of materials that demonstrate teaching excellence (e.g., portfolio, web link, and video clips).
• Supporting Materials (e.g., evidence of the impact on student learning and attitudes and how it has been assessed, and/or graphical demonstration of teaching evaluation scores with comparisons to department and college norms) and supporting letters from peers and/or current/past students (each no longer than 2 pages).

Excellence in Scholarship Award

Description: The College of Business recognizes faculty members who have been outstanding in scholarship.

Selection Criteria: Outstanding scholarship is defined as activities that lead to a meaningful contribution to the mission of the college and knowledge in the field.

Application Materials:

• Each nominee shall submit a portfolio of information on category-specific activities to highlight their unique qualities. 
• The scholarship portfolio shall include copies of all scholarly publications for the preceding three years, and evidence of the quality of the publications.
• Information about forthcoming journal publications and conference presentations should be included.
• The award committee will be reviewing the quantity, quality and impact of journal publications. Activities (such as publications and services performed) included in the applications of past winners shall be disregarded by the award committee. (For example, one cannot be awarded twice for the same activities.) 
• Applications may include letters of support written by other faculty and/or department chair(s) and/or the dean(s) at UMW or at other institutions.

Excellence in Service Leadership Award

Description: The College of Business recognizes faculty members who have been outstanding in providing service leadership.

Selection Criteria: Outstanding service leadership is defined as leadership activities that lead to ameaningful contribution to the mission of the college, existing processes or changing/establishing new processes and standards. Venues for providing meaningful leadership to the college include its standingcommittees, inclusive of the Council and ad hoc committees. In addition to service at the college level, the recipient of the award is also expected to have performed substantial service at the university levels or in their professional disciplines. Examples of service leadership include, but are not restricted to, assessment, curriculum, and promotion and tenure committees as well as faculty searches and any other departmental/college task forces.

Application Materials:

• Each nominee shall submit a portfolio of information on category-specific activities to highlight their unique qualities.
• The service portfolio shall include a listing of all service and leadership positions held at the department, college, university, and community and professional discipline levels, as well as theaccomplishments associated with them.
• Applications may include letters of support written by other faculty and/or department chair(s) and/or the dean(s) at UMW or at other institutions.