Faculty Awards
Faculty Awards
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences honors faculty who exemplify deep and broad commitment, skill, effectiveness, impact and leadership in teaching and scholarship.
Distinguished Teaching
Candidates include instructors of any course in the College of Arts and Sciences,
excluding Graduate Teaching Assistants, who are available to students both inside
and outside the classroom, communicate effectively, demonstrate passion both for teaching
and for their given area of expertise, foster students involvement/participation in
the classroom, and provide a healthy classroom environment.
Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Candidates include full-time faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at
the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Regents Professor,
or Clinical Faculty who offer good advice and information to undergraduate students
to foster academic and professional success, share time and expertise with undergraduate
students outside of class, involve undergraduate students in research and creative
activity, and serve as role model for undergraduate students in the discipline.
Junior Faculty for Scholarly Excellence
The Junior Faculty Mentor award goes to a faculty member who has inspired the less-experienced
around them by passing on their accumulated knowledge and experience.
Wise-Diggs-Berry
The endowed Wise-Diggs-Berry Award is given annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated
excellence in the visual, performance or written arts. The candidate must have tenure
or be in at least his/her second year of a tenure track appointment in the Department
of Art, English (excluding Technical Writing), Music or Theatre. There will be only
one nomination per department. No faculty member may receive the award two years consecutively.
Community Engagement
From all 50 states and more than 100 countries around the world, our students make
the cowboy family a vibrant and inclusive culture. With a student-to-faculty ratio
of 20:1, we will help you prepare for the future by providing the academic support
you need.
Award for Excellence in General Education Teaching
