George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
• to four faculty members who have devoted substantial effort
to undergraduate teaching; nominees must have undergraduate teaching as a major
portion of their duties, have been full-time faculty members for a minimum of
three years, and have the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, or
professor.
Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching
•
to two faculty who, in
addition to being outstanding teachers themselves, have also provided some kind
of support or mentoring to others;
nominees must be tenured members, employed as a full-time faculty member
for a minimum of five years, and have undergraduate teaching as a major portion
of her or his assignment;
Alumni Teaching Fellow Award
• This award, made possible by the Penn State Alumni Association, the Undergraduate Student Government, and the Graduate Student Association, recognizes distinguished teaching and provides a forum for encouraging teaching. Three awards will be presented. No more than two awards may be given to University Park faculty members.
Nominations: Anyone can nominate a faculty member for the Atherton,
Eisenhower and Alumni Teaching Fellow awards via an on-line nomination process
coordinated through the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (the same
process is used for all three awards).
Deadline: August
14, 2009 for initial on-line nominations
September 1 2009 (to
the College Screening Committee)
College Process: the college receives nominations from the Schreyer
Institute and, if more than three nominations are received, the college may
request additional information from units, such as a ranking of nominees, a
one-page summary of each candidate’s qualifications and a current vita for each
nominee by the college deadline. The
College Screening Committee will review nominations and select at most three
individuals who will be invited to develop nomination dossiers, to be forwarded
to the university selection committee (final nomination materials are due in November).
The college
nomination process is coordinated through the
Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Instruction, and
Outreach.
President’s Award for Engagement with Students (one college nominee)
• faculty who goes beyond responsibilities
as a professor to engage and encourage students in their learning, demonstrating
deep caring and involvement with students’ learning; has taken specific actions
to be involved in student growth and learning-academic, social and
professional; has been available to interact with students outside class, link
students to opportunities, and help them build their confidence as learners and
potential contributors to society; $5000 award - $3000 to the recipient and
$2000 to professor’s department, to be managed by the recipient and used for
extending the kinds of activities the award recognized. The college nomination
process is coordinated through the Office of the Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Programs, Instruction, and Outreach. Final nomination materials
are not to exceed two pages.
http://www.psu.edu/ur/awards/ugfaculty.html
President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration (one college nominee)
• to a full-time
faculty member who has exhibited extraordinary achievement in the integration
of teaching and research or creative accomplishments, and service; to recognize
faculty members at the rank of professor who have excelled in all three areas
of their professions; $3,000
award. The
college nomination process is coordinated
through the Office of the Associate Dean of Administration, Research, and
Graduate Studies.
http://www.psu.edu/ur/awards/ugfaculty.html
Undergraduate Program Leadership Award (up to 3 college nominees)
• to recognize a
faculty member who has demonstrated exemplary leadership benefiting an existing Penn State undergraduate
degree program; to acknowledge those individuals who have major
responsibilities for the delivery of undergraduate education within a unit and
who are providing leadership that has transformed or revitalized the
undergraduate program. The college nomination process
is coordinated through the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Programs, Instruction, and Outreach.
http://www.psu.edu/ur/awards/ugfaculty.html
http://www.psu.edu/ur/awards/ugfaculty.html
Nominations for the above four
awards:
(Engagement, Academic Integration,
Advising, and Leadership Awards)
A one-page summary of each
nominee’s qualifications and a current vita should be sent to the director/head
of each academic unit by the nomination deadline. Nominations should include a
cover memo signed by the nominator(s), indicating the applicable award. In the
event that there is more than one nominee per award from each unit, that unit
should develop a process for ranking nominees. Following the departmental
screening, unit heads should forward a one-page summary of each nominee’s
qualifications, a current vita, and departmental rankings (if any) to the appropriate college office by the
college deadline.
Deadlines: September 18 (to Unit Heads)
October
6 (to the College Screening Committee)
College Process: The College Screening Committee will review nominations
and select individuals who will be invited to develop nomination materials to
be forwarded to the university selection committees by the announced due date. In order to ensure that candidates have
ample time to develop nomination materials, the college screening process will
be completed no later than October 24. University award deadlines vary, but
most nomination packets are due in December or January.
Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement (Arts
& Humanities)
• given in
recognition of scholarly or creative excellence represented by a single
contribution or a series of contributions around a central theme. The award is
made solely on the basis of scholarly or creative achievement and is for
activities that occurred or culminated during the five years preceding the
nomination.
Nominations: A summary of each nominee’s qualifications and a current
vita should be sent to the director/head of each academic unit by the
nomination deadline. Nominations should include a cover memo signed by the
nominator(s). In the event that there is more than one nominee per award from
each unit, that unit should develop a process for ranking nominees. Following
the departmental screening, unit heads should forward a summary of each
nominee’s qualifications, a current vita, and departmental rankings (if any) to
the Associate Dean for Administration, Research, and Graduate Studies by the
college deadline.
Deadline: April 30, 2009-Nominations
to Academic Unit Head
May
15, 2009-Unit Nomination to the Associate Dean for Administration, Research,
and Graduate Studies
June
5, 2009-Selection of College Nominee
October
30, 2009-Nominee’s dossier to the Office of the Associate Dean of
Administration, Research, and Graduate Studies
College Process: Because this nomination process requires
development of a fairly extensive dossier (including external letters), the
college will screen nominations and select one individual by June 5th,
2009, who will be invited to develop a dossier over the summer, to be forwarded
to the Office of the Associate Dean of Administration, Research, and Graduate
Studies by October 30th, 2009.
The College is beginning this nomination process early because of the
amount of work required to complete the dossier for the nominee.
The development
of the candidate’s nomination dossier is coordinated through the Office of the
Associate Dean of Administration, Research, and Graduate Studies with the help
of the candidate’s unit, and is due to Old Main in early December 2009.
Evan Pugh Professorships
Nominations
for Evan Pugh Professorships are due in the dean’s office by October 16th.
There are two available professorships university-wide.
Nominations must come from the academic unit and be forwarded by
the chair or director of that unit. The College of Arts and Architecture is
eligible to forward a maximum of two nominations after conducting a college
screening process to determine whether or not nominations from the academic
units meet the stringent criteria required for consideration by the Evan Pugh selection
committee at the university level. The College of Arts and Architecture
screening process will be conducted by the academic unit heads of the college,
and representatives from faculty council and senators.
In an effort to facilitate the initial screening process and avoid creating any
unnecessary workload, College nominations should include only the following:
Full dossier and support materials will only be developed after candidates have
been approved by the college screening process. Nominees need not know they are
being considered.
Academic Unit Heads must forward the material from above to the office of the
dean by October, 16.
Penn State Award for Faculty Outreach (up to
3 college nominees)
The award is designed to recognize faculty who make significant contributions to Outreach. Outreach is the process of extending the intellectual expertise and resources of the University through teaching, research, and/or service to address the social, civic, economic, and environmental issues and opportunities facing our Commonwealth, nation, and world. The established Penn State Award for Faculty Outreach consists of a stipend in the amount of $1,000.
http://www.outreach.psu.edu/weidemann/faculty-outreach-awards.htm
Deadlines: September 18 (to Unit Heads
October 6 (to College Screening Committee)
Early January (to University Screening Committee)
Distinguished Professor No openings for 2009-10(maximum number of Distinguished Professors in each college
will not exceed 10% of the number of faculty on standing academic appointments
at the rank of Professor)
• To recognize
outstanding academic contributions to the University. Candidates must be
current, full-time active members of the faculty holding the rank of Professor
who do not currently hold an endowed chair, professorship, or faculty
fellowship and who are acknowledged leaders in their fields of research or
creative activity. This national and international leadership would be
documented by (a) notable contributions to research published in leading
journals and/or books and creative accomplishments widely recognized for
excellence; (b) prestigious awards and citations; and (c) a substantial record
of invited lectures or performances delivered at prestigious institutions.
Successful candidates will have demonstrated significant leadership in raising
the standards of the University with respect to teaching, research or creative
activity, and service, have demonstrated excellent teaching skills and
contributed significantly to the education of students who subsequently have
achieved recognition of excellence in their fields.
http://guru.psu.edu/policies/OHR/hr10.html
Nominations: The Dean will notify faculty by August 1 each year if
there are openings for Distinguished Professors. Faculty members, departments,
or programs may nominate a candidate(s) for a Distinguished Professorship to
the dean of the academic college in which the nominee is appointed if there are
openings. Nominations should normally be accompanied by three internal letters
of support, including one from the nominee’s department head. Recent letters
solicited for other purposes, including external letters of evaluation, may be
submitted if available. Because this nomination process requires development of
a fairly extensive dossier, units are encouraged to develop an internal process
for reviewing nominations before inviting a candidate to develop the dossier
that will be forwarded to the college selection committee. The initial
nomination [to include a summary of the nominee’s qualifications and a current
vita] should be sent to the director/head of each academic unit. Following this
internal screening, unit heads should work with candidates to develop
nomination materials and to solicit letters of support.
College Process: The dean of each college will appoint a committee of at
least three Professors to review nominees and recommend candidates in
consultation with the dean. The dean will forward the dossiers of candidates
recommended for Distinguished Professorships to the Office of the President.
Deans should include letters previously received in support of the nominee, as
well as their own letter of endorsement. Candidates selected by the college
committee and endorsed by the dean are forwarded to the Office of the
President.
College
Awards
College Staff Award for Outstanding Service
College Award for Excellence in Advising and
Mentoring
College Faculty Award for Outstanding
Teaching
Nominations for the above three
awards:
Nominations (a one-page summary of
each nominee’s qualifications) should be sent to the director/head of each
academic unit by the nomination deadline. Nominations should include a cover
memo signed by the nominator(s), indicating the applicable award. Each unit
should develop a process for screening departmental nominees. In the event that
there is more than one nominee per award from each unit, that unit should
develop a process for ranking nominees. Following the departmental screening,
unit heads should forward nominations and support documents to Dean’s Office by the college deadline.
Deadlines: Unit Heads/Director establishes deadline
for unit
February
5 (to the Dean’s office)
February
8(College screening committee)
College
Process:
A detailed
description of each award, suggested nomination materials and a current
nomination form will be available on the college web-site by September 15 of
each academic year. Please refer to that site for the most current information.
College Alumni Award
• Alumnus/alumna
of Penn State with a solid career progression in a field directly related to
the academic programs of the college and an individual, whose expertise and
accomplishments would be of interest and value to students and faculty during a
visit to the nominating unit, normally scheduled in conjunction with the
college Spring Awards Ceremony in April. Sponsored by the College and the Arts
and Architecture/Performing Arts Alumni Society.
Nominations:
Each academic unit may select one
recipient. Nominations (a short summary of each nominee’s qualifications)
should be sent to the director/head of each academic unit by the nomination
deadline. Each unit should develop a process for screening departmental
nominees and selecting an award recipient. Following the departmental
screening, unit heads should forward the name of the Alumni Award recipient and
supporting materials to the College Director of Alumni Relations by the deadline.
Deadlines: October 1 (to Unit Heads)
December
1 (to the College Director of Alumni Relations)
Distinguished Alumni Awards
• Highest form
of honor bestowed upon alumni of Penn State, and the visits/recognition are
held in conjunction with Traditional Reunion Weekend, the first weekend of June
each year; nominations solicited from a wide audience and then reviewed by the
Board of Trustees. (Anyone can nominate someone for this award, via a form on
the Alumni Association website. Final nomination materials are generally due in
early October.)
Alumni Achievement Awards (one nominee per college)
• Graduates 35 years of age or younger who
have shown extraordinary professional accomplishments.
(Final nomination materials are generally due in early October.)
Alumni Fellow Awards (no more than two nominees per college)
• Highest level of award given by the Penn State Alumni Association; often selected from past recipients of the college’s alumni awards; recipients asked to return to campus in October for a 2-3 day residency. (Final nomination materials are generally due in December.)
http://www.alumni.psu.edu/awards/individual/default.htm
Deadlines: Continuous
nominations accepted (by the Director of Alumni Relations)
Honorary Alumnus/Alumna Awards (one nominee per year, if/when there is a viable candidate)
*Award created to recognize
outstanding individuals who, though not graduates of Penn State, greatly
enhance the University through their commitment and service. Recipients are
asked to return to campus at the same time as the Distinguished Alumni Award
recipients, the first weekend in June.
Deadlines: Final nomination materials are generally due August 31.
Nominations and college process
for the above awards:
Nominations for alumni awards may be sent at any time to
Joyce Hoffman (Director of Alumni Relations) who will develop a list of
potential candidates for these awards. For those awards where the College is
able to submit only 1-2 nominees, screening of
nominations may occur well in advance of the final university deadline in order
to develop appropriate nomination materials. The development of the candidate list is coordinated through
the Office of the Director of Alumni Relations. It will first be reviewed by the Dean, and at the Dean’s
discretion, may be brought to the members of the Academic Unit Heads (AUH)
group for discussion before a final decision is made.
Faculty
and Staff Achievement Awards-Office of Human Resources
The
2009 Awards Committee is soliciting nominations for the Faculty and Staff
Achievement Awards for the Barash Award for Human Service, the McKay Donkin
Award, and the Award for Administrative Excellence, the Staff Excellence Award,
the Support Staff Award, and the Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity
Award. Nominations should be for a
specific award and the supportive data must address the criteria for that
particular award. Information on
each award and the nomination process can be found at http://www.ohr.psu.edu/forms/nomform.pdf.
Nominations
and supporting documents should be submitted by Friday, December 4th,
2009 by mail to Billie S. Willits, 505 James M. Elliott Building or by fax to
(814) 863-3461.