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Call for Nominations:
200 8-2009
Departmental Excellence & Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award
Sponsored by the Lilly-CTE Teaching Fellows, the Center for
Teaching Excellence, and the Office of Undergraduate Studies
WHAT
The
Departmental Excellence & Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award
honors a department’s commitment to and accomplishments in improving
undergraduate education.
Departmental
Excellence & Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Awards recognize
notable improvements and accomplishments in undergraduate education at the
department or program level. Applications should highlight a current
initiative or programmatic or curricular improvement that has made a
positive impact on student learning and the quality of undergraduate
education in the last two or three years. More specifically, applicants
should describe how the department addressed a problem and how the
initiative or improvement was the result of a combined effort of those in
the unit. The efforts of individual members of a unit are not eligible for
Departmental Excellence & Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Awards.
For examples of the type of work that has received recognition in recent
years click here
The
Office of Undergraduate Studies provide a $5,000 award.
WHO
Any campus department, program, or interdepartmental program
can apply for the award.
HOW TO APPLY
Submit two letters electronically to the Center for Teaching
Excellence, by accessing the on-line nomination form below:
https://www.cte.umd.edu/programs/faculty/lilly/teachingaward/application/index.php
The
first letter should describe the project or initiative—which must extend
beyond an individual course or academic year—and how it has improved
undergraduate learning. A second letter, from the appropriate unit head
(chair or dean), should describe the unit’s support for the initiative
or improvement. Each letter should be no longer than two pages.
WHEN
Submission
deadline is April 14, 2008. Winners
will be notified in early May, and the award will be presented at the May 14
reception for Distinguished Teaching Assistants.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions, please contact Dr. Spencer Benson (sbenson@umd.edu)
List
of department recipients since 2003
List of all departments
who have received the award since 1995
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