Distinguished Teaching Award
Criteria

Criteria

In evaluating "distinguished teaching" the Committee on Teaching will take into account a variety of elements. Among the factors that will be considered are:

• Impact on students (eg. the eventual success of the students, students who changed their major, career plans, or lives in some way)
• Scholarly approach to teaching (eg. the use of innovative teaching methods in the classroom; programmatic innovations in curriculum and the impact such innovations might have at the local or national level
• Size, number, and diversity of classes taught
• Involvement in community-linked projects and profession
• Teaching ratings

Criteria for Mentorship in Undergraduate Research Award

• Evidence of mentoring undergraduates. This section of the dossier should provide factual evidence for mentorship, including, but not limited to, the following:
  • List of student mentored in entry-level research, such as the Student Research Program (SRP) course
  • Advanced seminars, laboratories or studio classes in which each student must complete a directed research project
  • List of students mentored in independent studies courses (ie.199); include titles of papers or projects
  • List of students mentored in honors research (ie.198, formally 199H) or senior projects in the performing arts or engineering desigh; include titles of papers or projects
  • List of publications in which a mentored undergraduate student was a co-author or sole author; student's name should be listed in bold type and underlined
  • List of presentations (eg. science abstracts/posters) or performances (eg. concerts, poetry readers, theater, film, etc.) given by mentored undergraduate students

  Please note that this data should be from the last five years.