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Campus Award for Excellence In Guiding Undergraduate Research
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I. Overview
II. Eligibility
III. Criteria
IV. Nominations
V. Other Awards
VI. Attachments
Overview
This award is designed to foster and reward excellence in involving and guiding undergraduate students in scholarly research. The award provides $2,000 for the personal use of the faculty member selected to receive it.
Any tenured or tenure-track faculty member who has not received notice of nonreappointment is eligible for consideration. Once a faculty member has received this award, he or she will not be eligible for nomination during the next five-year period.
The primary criteria for selection will be the following:
- Sustained activity in involving and guiding undergraduate students in research projects.
- Evidence of the quality of the research results, e.g., published papers, presentations at professional meetings.
- Evidence of impact on students, e.g., students' decisions to attend graduate school or seek a research position.
Some consideration will be given to the number of students affected, but the selection committee is aware that these numbers may vary considerably, depending on the disciplines of the faculty members involved. The committee hopes to receive nominations from the humanities and social sciences as well as from the biological and physical sciences.
Nominations
The following information should be included in the nomination. Adherence to the following order of presentation is requested in order to simplify the work of selection committees.
- A standard cover page including the name of nominee, department, rank, and years at the University. (See Attachment A.)
- A statement describing the ways that the nominee has involved undergraduates in research activities, the number of years that the faculty member has done this, and the number of students involved in a typical year.
- Evidence of quality of results, e.g., evaluation by colleagues, papers presented or published, etc.
- Evidence of impact on students. This might include statements from students or others and might present information about students' subsequent research activities.
The nomination procedure should involve undergraduate students as much as possible, with departmental and college circumstances dictating the best means to do so.
Nominations are not to exceed five pages (excluding cover sheet and up to four letters from students). Two copies of each nomination are to be submitted to the Office of the Provost, 208 Swanlund Administration Building. The campus selection process is overseen by the Teaching Advancement Board, and is advisory to the Provost.
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Attachments
- Attachment A: Nomination Cover Sheet (.pdf)
- Attachment B: ICES Summary Table
- Attachment C: A Sample Request for a Letter from Former Students (.doc)
