President’s Faculty Excellence Awards

The excellent teacher provides an academic experience in which students have the means and opportunity to acquire and master the skills, knowledge, and attitudes appropriate to the curriculum. She/he develops and maintains an environment that fosters this learning experience, and provides quality advising and mentoring to students.

The nominee engages in the ongoing pursuit of some or all of the following activities: (i) initiates, maintains, or extends scholarly and professional expertise; (ii) remains current with new developments in his/her field; (iii) participates in those developments; (iv) engages students in research and guides them in their research activities; (v) participates in activities beyond the AIC community which employ the individual’s expertise, skills, or knowledge in service to the larger community; and (vi) presents himself/herself and AIC in a positive light.

The nominee goes above and beyond with respect to faculty, academic, and institutional responsibilities, including actively supporting student engagement and activities.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate distinction in all of the three areas of excellence noted above. Examples of distinction could include, but are not limited to:

• Innovations in teaching
• Incorporating experiential learning initiatives into the curriculum
• Demonstrated excellence in student advisement, and in working with students on scholarly activities
• Scholarly accomplishments within his/her respective discipline
• Bringing regional, statewide, or national recognition to the College
• Exemplary service to the College, its students, the larger community, and/or the discipline

Download and fill out the President’s Faculty Excellence Award Form, and provide the following items.

• Three letters of support (not to exceed two pages, 12 pt. font):
  • Nominating letter by a faculty colleague or administrator, a student, or an alumnus/a
  • A single support letter from faculty colleague, administrator, a student, an alumnus/a, or external colleague
  • Support letter by the nominee’s dean, who will also supply the nominee’s curriculum vitae (if the nominating letter is from the nominee’s dean, another support letter will be required)

The strongest support letters will address all roles the faculty member is typically expected to perform, including excellence in teaching, institutional participation, and professional development/scholarly activities/community engagement, as well as examples of distinctions in these areas.

The nomination is limited to the materials listed; no additional materials will be considered.

Former nominees for the excellence award may be resubmitted for consideration (materials must be updated to reflect the guidelines in this document). Previous award recipients are not eligible to be nominated.

Nominations will be reviewed by the President’s Faculty Awards Committee. Reviewers are ineligible for these awards and may neither nominate nor write in support of a candidate. If a faculty awards committee member is nominated, he/she must recuse himself/herself from the process for that year. The awardees will be recognized at the annual campus reception held in May and at Commencement.

The nomination form, along with supporting materials, must be submitted as a complete electronic package to Chair, Faculty Excellence Award Committee, by Monday, April 2, 2018, to excellenceawards@aic.edu.