Purpose
This award recognizes excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service/leadership by a tenured faculty member who is at least 3 years past his/her first promotion to a tenured position. The intent of this award is to recognize the accomplishments of faculty holding the rank of associate professor and anyone within 2 years of having achieved the rank of full professor. This award carries a one-time allocation of $2,000 in support of faculty development.
Eligibility
This award is based on work done at UMBC, and nominees must be a tenured faculty member who is at least 3 years past his/her first promotion to a tenured position and must have been UMBC faculty for at least 3 years. Up to one award will be made in each college in any given year. Faculty members may receive this award only once.
Selection Criteria
This award is based on overall excellence of the faculty member’s scholarship, teaching, and service/leadership accomplishments while at UMBC over the last 3-5 years.
Excellence in Scholarship can be shown through evidence of exceptional scholarship, research, or creative accomplishments that extend or deepen the bounds of knowledge. Nominations should clearly describe how the nominee meets the following selection criteria:
- the significance of the faculty member’s contributions to his/her field(s), and/or civically engaged scholarship
- the originality of the faculty member’s work
- the faculty member’s research productivity
- where appropriate, involvement of undergraduate and/or graduate students in the faculty member’s research
Excellence in Teaching refers to accomplishments in areas directly related to teaching, learning, and mentoring, including but not limited to, course development and pedagogy, faculty development, direction of student research projects, civically engaged teaching, and leadership in teaching improvement. These accomplishments can be demonstrated in face-to-face or distance learning settings. The award recipient shall have demonstrated a record of improvement in student learning. Nominations should clearly describe how the nominee meets the following selection criteria:
- effectiveness in engaging students and supporting student success
- innovation in course development, pedagogy, and assessment of student learning
- effective mentoring of students
- commitment to continuous improvement in learning outcomes
Excellence in Service/Leadership can be shown through evidence of exceptional service that advances the mission of UMBC. Examples may include significant contributions to student advising, shared governance processes and leadership in important departmental and university initiatives.