Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching

Nominations are being sought for the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The Chancellor's Awards are intended to recognize superior teaching at the undergraduate, graduate or professional level. All full-time instructors, regardless of academic rank, are eligible, provided that they have completed at least three years of full-time teaching at UB prior to this fall's semester. Winners of the award are recognized as part of the University Convocation in the fall and the phrase, "State University Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching" is attached to their name in the Undergraduate Catalog.

The primary criterion for the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching is an extensive record of consistently superior teaching. Consideration also is given to sound scholarship and service to the university and community.

Statements of support from chair and dean are required. The most important document that needs to be prepared in each case is the Summary Presentation Statement. The nominator should prepare the statement thoroughly, including information on candidate's most important qualifications, major achievements in teaching, services to students, scholarship and professional growth. The document should not exceed five pages in length.

Completed nominations, including a Summary Presentation Statement, up-to-date vita, and letters of support, must be received in the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, 255 Capen Hall, by the close of business Friday, Dec. 12. For more information, contact Nicolas Goodman, vice provost for undergraduate education, at 645-2991.