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Eight 2021-22 Faculty Award Nominations Now Open

September 10, 2021

Nominations are now open for eight awards for NC State faculty members. This year’s nomination submission deadlines have been scheduled to align with the traditional fall and spring semester calendars.

This year, the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is pleased to offer the new Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the most prestigious award for exceptional teaching given to professional full-time faculty from among NC State’s 10 colleges and the University College. The award was established in 2021 to underscore the importance of teaching and to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support teaching within all the professional tracks in the university. Professional faculty include faculty in the lecturer, teaching, research, clinical, extension and practice tracks as well as library and field faculty.

  • Nominations are due by Tuesday, September 21, for the O. Max Gardner Award, given annually by the Board of Governors to an outstanding faculty member from one of the 17 UNC institutions. Past winners have included faculty members who made contributions of national or international significance. Given annually since 1949, this award is named for former governor and NC State alumnus Oliver Max Gardner.
  • Nominations for the University Faculty Scholars Program are due by Tuesday, October 12. This program, established in 2012 by Chancellor Randy Woodson, recognizes and rewards emerging academic leaders among NC State’s faculty. Nominations are limited to assistant professors who have been reappointed for a second term, all associate professors, and professors within the first three years of appointment at that rank. Each college has specific nominating procedures with earlier due dates.
  • Nominations for the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching are due by Wednesday, October 13. This prestigious award was established in 1993 to underscore the importance of teaching and to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support good teaching at the university. Tenured faculty who have received the Outstanding Teacher Award are eligible for this award.
  • Nominations for the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching are due by Tuesday, October 19. This prestigious award was established in 2021 to underscore the importance of teaching and to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support good teaching at the university. Full-time professional faculty in all tracks who have received the Outstanding Teacher Award are eligible for this award.
  • Nominations for the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence are due by Tuesday, November 16. This award, established by the NC State Board of Trustees in 1992 and named for NC State’s first chief executive, recognizes and rewards faculty whose careers demonstrate excellence in achievement and sustained impact in research, teaching, service or extension and engagement. It is NC State’s highest faculty award.
  • Nominations for the Outstanding Teacher Award are due by Tuesday, November 30. This award recognizes excellence in teaching at all levels. Faculty must be recognized as an Outstanding Teacher before they can receive the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching or the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award.
  • Nominations for the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award are due by Tuesday, December 7. This is one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards given on campus. To be eligible, a nominee must have previously received an Outstanding Teacher Award and have provided distinguished service in support of undergraduate teaching.
  • Nominations for the Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology are due by Tuesday, January 18, 2022. This teaching award was created to honor the creative pedagogy of NC State’s faculty and their work in integrating new technologies into effective teaching strategies. The award was first given in fall 2002 and named for Gertrude Cox, the “First Lady of Statistics,” who came to NC State in 1940 to establish the university’s distinguished Department of Statistics.

The call for nominations for the new Goodnight Early Career Innovators Award will be distributed on November 1.  Please do not submit applications for this award until you have received the call.

For more information about nominations for any of the awards listed, contact Judy Austin, university awards and events coordinator, at jcaustin@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-3636.

This post was originally published in Provost's Office News.