General Education Teaching Award (Norman Campus Only)

The General Education Teaching Award is specific to Norman Campus faculty only.  Please see the Norman Campus Faculty Awards website for information.

Policy

GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHING AWARDS - NORMAN CAMPUS ONLY

CRITERIA

The General Education Teaching award shall be given to the faculty member whose teaching is considered to have contributed most to the University-wide general education program.  In addition, to the quality of teaching, per se', other factors such as the faculty member's development of a new course or significant modification of an existing one to meet the criteria of the University-wide general education program may be considered.

AWARDS

The General Education Teaching Award consists of a cash award of $1,500.

Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR NOMINATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR UNIVERSITY AWARDS
 


The University Council on Faculty Awards and Honors (UCFAH) requests that the following guidelines are followed for nominations submitted for the following University awards:

David L Boren Professorship  •  David Ross Boyd Professorship  •  Regents' Awards (Superior Teaching, Superior Research and Creative Activity, Superior Professional and University Service)  •  University Distinguished Teaching Award


PLEASE NOTE: To prepare dossiers for Presidential Professorships, George Lynn Cross Research Professorships, and Provost's Awards, please refer to these particular awards for specific requirements.

  • ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF NOMINATIONS  

An electronic dossier for each nomination is to be submitted by the Dean's Office, via email, to the Provost's Office for placement on a secure website accessible to University Council on Faculty Awards and Honors members only.

  • HARD COPY NOMINATIONS

Hard copy dossiers (one unbound copy) are still required for departmental and college review committees, the Dean, the Provost, and the President.  FOLDERS AND NOTEBOOKS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.  Double-sided copying of the materials in the dossier is encouraged wherever possible to reduce volume and weight.  DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS.

  • FACULTY AWARDS COVER PAGE No other cover document will be accepted.

  • ONE PAGE INDEX

THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED (not to exceed 25 pages):

  • Letter of Nomination (no more than 7 single spaced pages for Distinguished Professorships, no more than 3 singled spaced pages for other awards)

This is the most important part of the application and should be written with that in mind. It should describe the nominee's impact on the scholarly and overall professional development of the students they teach and mentor. It should also outline the candidate’s qualifications for the award and be a synopsis of the entire application.  The letter must point out how the candidate meets the requirements for the award.  Look at the criteria for selection and address each point.  Include innovative teaching, research or service.  The letter should be in plain English without jargon and technical terms.  The nominator should distinguish between normal (expected) faculty performance and extraordinary achievements.

  • Short Biography (about 100 words) highlighting the nominee's most significant accomplishments and written for a general audience.

  • Customized Vitae that contains the relevant information pertaining to the accomplishments being cited for the award consideration

Additional document(s) (not counted towards the 25-page limit):

  • Letters of Support 

No more than 5 letters total. It is wise to solicit more letters than can be used then select from those the most appropriate to include in the application.  Letters should be limited to 5 or fewer pages and specifically address award criteria. Additional letters will be removed.

David L. Boren Professorship (Required): Letters from nationally or internationally recognized experts in the nominee’s area of expertise. The letters should include 2 for research/scholarly activity, 1 for teaching, and 1 for service/outreach.

David Ross Boyd Professorship (Required): Of the 5, no more than 3 letters from students or student groups.

Regents' Professorship (Optional): Letters can be either internal or external, but favoring at least two external letters. Letters must specially address the criteria of the Professorship.

Regents' Awards (Optional): Include letters from students, current or graduate, OU faculty, or professional colleagues. For teaching awards, letters from students are appropriate; whereas letters from professional colleagues are suitable for research awards.  Service awards should be supported by letters from other faculty or individuals who have worked with the candidate in service-related areas.

University Distinguished Teaching Award (Required): Letters may come from current or former students, student organizations, faculty colleagues, alumni, department chairs, or others familiar with evaluating the individual’s teaching effectiveness at the undergraduate level.

Other Supporting Materials

  • Letter from the College Dean (Optional)

This letter will focus on evaluatory comments regarding the quality and significance of the nominee's impact on the broader OU mission.


In accordance with Regents' policy, only one nomination by an academic unit or other nominating group of faculty is allowed for each of the Regents’ Awards (teaching, research and creative activity, and professional and university service).

 

*The nomination packet should contain only the items listed above unless stated otherwise *

 

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