Faculty Awards
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Lawrence K. Crowe Undergraduate Adviser Award
Holling Family Award Program for Teaching Excellence
Distinguished Teaching Award
Darrell W. Nelson Excellence in Graduate Student Advising Award
Lawrence K. Crowe Undergraduate Adviser Award
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
This award allows recognition of a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions in undergraduate advising.
Criteria for Nomination Packet
The nomination packet for the Lawrence K. Crowe Undergraduate Adviser Award must include all the following items to be considered.
1. Nominator's Letter
A letter of nomination from the nominator stating the advising contributions and the student impact resulting from the undergraduate advising program carried out by the nominee (not to exceed two pages doubled-spaced).
2. Nominee's Philosophy and Approach
A statement from the nominee explaining their advising philosophy and approach to undergraduate student advising (not to exceed two pages doubled-spaced).
3. Narrative Items
a. A description of the nominee's involvement in student activities, undergraduate research, and/or internships as well as in any leadership roles (i.e., CASNR Week, CASNR Open House, faculty leader for student study tours, judging team coaching, faculty mentor, New Student Enrollment, and student organization activities with community service or fund raising).
b. A statement of the nominee's self-development efforts and creative activities relating to their student advising program. This should also include any efforts by the nominee to assess and/or evaluate the effectiveness of their undergraduate advising program.
c. A brief history of nominee's advising activities (i.e., number of undergraduate student advisees; involvement as an adviser to student organizations/clubs, fraternities, sororities, honoraries; committee service relating to academic advising; curriculum development; and, student retention).
4. Letters of recommendation and support from:
(a) faculty, staff and/or administration, (b) current student advisees, and (c) former student advisees (alumni). A maximum of nine letters total (i.e., three letters from each group) can be included in the nomination packet. Submission Deadline in March to CASNR Dean's Office, 103 Ag Hall 0702.
The Selection Committee
As of 2007, the past three year faculty winners of the Lawrence K. Crowe Outstanding Undergraduate Adviser Award comprises the College Student Advising Improvement Committee. This committee will review the applications for the Lawrence K. Crowe Outstanding Undergraduate Adviser Award each year and submit a recommendation for the faculty award winner to the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Holling Family Award Program for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska
Faculty Award Nomination Form
Teaching Assistant Award Nomination Form
Introduction
The University of Nebraska has a rich heritage of teaching excellence. The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) not only share this reputation but are regarded as leaders among their peers. Both are proud to claim some of the leading teachers and the most innovative programs in the University of Nebraska System.
IANR and NCTA are proud of their reputation for teaching excellence, and are continually striving to improve their quality. Preparing individuals in the agricultural sciences and natural resources for the 21st century requires continuous academic and extension education program revitalization, educational material development and educational programming enhancement and innovation. The Holling Family Award Program for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources was established to celebrate imaginative educational programming and innovations (presentation and delivery) in IANR or NCTA educational programs. Teaching includes college campus, extended campus, or community. This award program recognizes the full continuum of educational programming from college campus to youth, adult and community programming.
The Holling Family Award Program for Teaching Excellence was made possible by a gift from the Holling family to honor their pioneer parents. John Holling was a 1912 electrical engineering graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his brother, Gustave Holling, attended the College of Agriculture before farming the family's land in the Wood River Area.
Award Categories and Eligibility
To recognize exceptional teaching, the Holling Family Award Program provides four Senior Faculty Teaching Awards, two Junior Faculty Teaching Awards and two Teaching Assistant Awards.
1. Four (4) Senior Faculty Teaching Awards of approximately $5,000 each. Individuals within the University of Nebraska System receiving a Holling award from any college may be nominated for a second award after eight (8) years have elapsed.
2. Two (2) Junior Faculty Teaching Awards of approximately $3,000 each. "Junior Faculty" is defined as those individuals having six (6) years or less employment in a faculty position. A faculty member may receive this award only once.
3. Two (2) Teaching Assistant Awards of approximately $1,000 each. A recipient of this award is not eligible to be nominated a second time.
The Holling Family Fund for distinguished teaching is to recognize outstanding contributions by faculty and teaching assistants in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR), Extension (only faculty in agriculture and natural resources subject areas), and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA). Faculty recipients must hold faculty appointments in CASNR, Extension or NCTA.
Nominations
Nominations may be made by peers and/or administrators who feel that a particular individual effort is deserving of special recognition. All nominations should be submitted through the appropriate IANR Head or Director to the cognizant Dean, or through the appropriate NCTA Program Director to the NCTA Dean. The nomination, consisting of the attached form, will be submitted by the Dean to the Holling Family Award Program for Teaching Excellence Selection Committee (103 Agricultural Hall, East Campus 0702). After reviewing all initial nominations, the selection committee may request additional information concerning those nominees it wishes to consider further.
Selection Committee
A selection committee consisting of:
- an Assistant/Associate CASNR Dean (who also serves as chair of the selection committee),
- an Assistant/Associate Extension Dean,
- an Assistant/Associate NCTA Dean,
- a representative selected by the CASNR Faculty Advisory Council, and
- a representative selected by the Extension Advisory Committee.
will review nominations. The committee will make recommendations to the CASNR Dean, the Extension Dean and the NCTA Dean. The recipients will be recognized at the awards ceremony held in the spring on the Lincoln campus.
The committee will consider the following criteria in making their rankings of the faculty nominations:
- Identification of the innovative teaching project;
- Description of the goals of the project, target audience, estimated numbers involved, other colleagues involved, and time line;
- Outcomes of teaching activity on the learners, types of learner activities utilized (e.g., active learning; cooperative or collaborative learning; interactive learning using technology; and, distance learning processes); and
- Evidence of peer evaluation of the nominee's work.
The committee will consider the following criteria for teaching assistant nominations:
- Successful performance in the classroom with preference given to those introducing imaginative and/or innovative instructional practices into the classroom or laboratory;
- Enthusiasm and commitment to teaching;
- Satisfactory progress towards a degree; and
- Letter(s) of support from their graduate adviser and students in the classroom.
Every year fifteen faculty members will be given distinguished teaching awards at Honors Convocation in the Spring. The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources may nominate one full-time faculty member. The winner receives a $1000 cash award. Previous recipients are not eligible.
The nomination must include:
- Letter of nomination.
- Biographical Information/Curriculum Vitae (maximum two pages).
- Letters of Support (Maximum of nine).
- Supporting letters may be from colleagues/administrators/current students/alumni. - Undergraduate Teaching Program.
- Summary list of previous five years by course number, name, semester taught, responsibility percentage, credit hours, enrollment, and the total and instructor CIEQ course evaluation score the instructor received for each course. (Do not include complete CIEQ evaluation report).
- Narrative (ten page maximum). The nominator should address in narrative form the reasons he/she believes the nominee is qualified for this honor. A non-inclusive list of the topics the review panel considers:
- Teaching philosophy
- Creative activities
- List of books and bulletins published pertinent to teaching (do not include copies of publications or original materials developed).
- Self-development activities related to teaching, evaluation, assessment
- Interdisciplinary involvement
- International instructional activities
- Academic advising
- Student organization advising and other student involvement
- Peer recognition of teaching activities
- Professional memberships in teaching-related organizations
- Educational leadership activities
- Evidence of effective teaching and impact on students
- Other facts related to the nominee's qualifications for the award
The Selection Committee will consist of the College Teaching Awards Committee, the Dean, and Student Advisory Board representatives.
The nomination and supporting materials are due each year in January.
Darrell W. Nelson Excellence in Graduate Student Advising Award
The Darrell W. Nelson Excellence in Graduate Student Advising Award has been established as part of the Awards Program in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. In honor of former IANR Agricultural Research Division Dean Darrell W. Nelson, the award acknowledges many of the traits exemplified by Dean Nelson:
- Excellent scientist.
- Successful graduate student mentoring;
- Provided encouragement and incentives for graduate teaching;
- Emphasized the importance of graduate education for our state;
- Distinguished scholarly and creative activity;
- Helpful in providing career guidance;
- Assisted in successful placement for graduate students.
A plaque and $1,000 stipend will accompany this award. The recipient will be recognized at the Distinguished Fellowship Award Luncheon held in the Fall.
The nomination form is available here in Adobe typeable format.
