Dear Members of the University Community,
The Center for Teaching and Learning and Undergraduate Academic Affairs
invites nominations for the 2012 Distinguished Teaching Awards, Excellence
in Teaching Awards, and the S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award.
Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to write. Nominations of
past candidates are welcome. Self-nominations are not accepted. Previous
recipients are ineligible.
Distinguished Teaching Award – is given once during the individual’s
lifetime, honors several instructors based on a number of criteria, limited
to the extensive knowledge and mastery of the subject matter, ability to
inspire, guide and mentor students through independent and creative
thinking, and serves as a mentor, collaborator and consultant to other
faculty and teaching assistants by helping to enrich the scholarship of
teaching and learning.
Excellence in Teaching Award – is given to two graduate teaching assistants
for their demonstration of extraordinary ability in the teaching and
learning process as a gradaute teaching assistant.
S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award – thanks to generous gift
from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, is given annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in community-based instruction, including public service internships and community partnership projects. Faculty within the University of Washington are eligible to receive this award.
Nominations are accepted via web only. To begin the nomination process, we ask that you submit your online form at http://uw.edu/uaa/teachingacademy/awards.html. The deadline for all submissions is Monday, December 12, 2011, 5pm.
For questions regarding the awards process, please email
dta@u.washington.edu.
Sincerely,
Ed Taylor
Vice Provost and Dean
Undergraduate Academic Affairs