Faculty Handbook – August 2022 35 To nominate a Northern State University full-time teaching faculty member for the NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award or the NSU Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award, please send a compelling letter of nomination to the Academic Affairs Office. In the letter, please indicate the specific award for which you are nominating the person and the specific reasons for the nomination. • Please save the file name in this format: Award[Excellence or EarlyCareer]_FacultlastnameFacultyfirstname_Nominatorlastname For example, a nomination for faculty member Katherine Watson for the NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence award written by nominator John Keating would be: Excellence_WatsonKatherine_Keating • Email the nomination letter as a file attachment (PDF or Word) to the Academic Affairs administrative assistant. • Nominations must be received from the Northern State University email address of the nominator. Nominations from email addresses other than the nominator’s will not be accepted. Award Criteria: The NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award recognizes faculty for excellence in teaching and learning, a sustained commitment to faculty service, and achievements in research and creativity within their discipline. • Nominees may be at the rank of professor, associate professor, instructor, or lecturer and must have served a minimum of six years as a member of the Northern State University teaching faculty. Someone who is in their seventh year is eligible; someone who has completed fewer than six years of teaching service at Northern is not. • Nominees must have a stellar record of teaching and advising, must have been significantly and consistently involved in a variety of service roles through department, college/school, university, and/or community service activities, and need to be meaningfully engaged in research and creativity in their discipline. • Any full-time faculty member who has not received this award (or the formerly named outstanding faculty member award) previously and who meets the number of years of service requirement is eligible for this award. • In addition to a monetary award ($1,000), the recipient receives a commemorative award from the NSU Foundation. • Current NSU faculty who already won the Outstanding Faculty Member award are not eligible to win the NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award. An updated list of prior awardees is maintained by the Office of Academic Affairs. The NSU Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award is presented to an early career full-time faculty member who demonstrates a strong record and commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and service. • Nominees must be at the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, instructor, or lecturer who has between two and six years of full-time teaching service at Northern State University. Someone who is in their sixth year is eligible, but someone who has already completed six years of service is not. Please make sure the individual you are nominating for the NSU Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award is eligible.
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