Purpose

To recognize faculty leadership and teaching that creates fruitful engagement and collaboration within the community. This award recognizes faculty who create connections between their classrooms and the broader communities. This can include service learning, experiential courses, developing a learning community, and other scholarly and teaching activities in non-traditional arenas.

One $1,000 award for developmental purposes (conference attendance, research-related travel, commodities/supplies, subscriptions, equipment) will be given each year.

Who can be nominated?

UIS full-time faculty (tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track) are eligible to be nominated for this award.

Who can make nominations?

Faculty, staff, or administrators may submit nominations for this award.  Self-nominations are allowed.

Nomination Guidelines

  1. Nomination materials must include a statement drawing clear connections between nominee’s work and award criteria (one page maximum), nominee’s current CV, portfolio of work, and any (optional) supporting materials (three page maximum for portfolio and supporting materials combined). Nomination materials must include at least one, and up to three letters of support from community collaborators.
  2. Nomination materials will be judged on degree of collaboration, impact, etc.

Review Panel

The Campus Sabbatical and Awards Committee shall serve as the Review Panel for this award.  Consideration by the Review Panel shall include the nomination materials only.

Processing Guidelines

  1. All nominations are due by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The nominee’s last name should be included in the names of all nomination documents. There are two options for submitting nomination materials:
    1. Materials may be emailed to UISfacultyfiles@uis.edu, or
    2. Materials may be uploaded (drag and drop) to the Faculty Awards folder in Box.
  2. The Review Panel shall make its recommendations to the Chancellor by Monday, March 7, 2022.
  3. The Chancellor shall subsequently notify the recipient of this award. The award will be recognized at the annual spring faculty honors celebration.
  4. The Provost/VCAA shall notify nominees not selected for this award.
  5. Nomination materials shall be placed in the appropriate faculty member’s personnel file following conclusion of the selection process.

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