Approved by the:	University Senate April 17, 1997
Endorsed by the:	Administration May 28, 1997
Action by the:		Board of Regents - no action required

POLICY ON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Preamble

The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-Baccalaureate Graduate and Professional Education will be given annually to faculty nominated by the colleges.

Criteria

In general, the award is to recognize faculty who engage post-baccalaureate, graduate, and professional students in a community of intellectual inquiry, who provide a model of how to fulfill the role for which the student is obtaining the education, and who develop and promote activities which help the student understand the larger context of his or her intended profession. The award will be made to exceptional candidates in recognition of outstanding performance in post-baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education in the following areas: excellence in instruction; involvement of students in research, scholarship and professional development; development of graduate or professional instructional programs; and advising and mentoring.

Policy

1. The Committee on Educational Policy shall appoint annually a nominating committee that shall (1) review nominees for the award and (2) recommend to the Committee on Educational Policy those individuals who should receive the award. The number of recipients will be dependent on the funding available. No individual may receive this award and the Horace T. Morse-Alumni Association award in the same year.

2. All recipients of the award shall receive a continuous augmentation to their salary, the amount to be recommended by the Committee on Educational Policy and approved by the President.

3. The department of each recipient of the award shall be provided funding for three years for the use of the award recipient for the development of teaching, advising, and program development materials and training in order to promote excellence in graduate and professional education among all of the faculty.

4. The Committee on Educational Policy shall have the authority to establish operational details associated with the granting of the awards and shall report annually on those details to the Senate for information.

Operational Guidelines

1. Faculty are to be nominated for the award by colleges, in accord with procedures recommended by Academic Affairs and approved by the Committee on Educational Policy.

2. The salary of each award winner shall be increased by a continuous augmentation. It is expected that as funding becomes available, the augmentation of the award winners will equal that of the Morse-Alumni award winners.

3. The annual award ceremony shall be a large public event to which the students and colleagues of the winners will be invited. When appropriate, individuals from the winner's external professional community may also be invited. This event would be in addition to a smaller event with the President and the Alumni.

4. At the discretion of the award winner, the award may include, for each winner, an appropriate, well-publicized lecture, seminar, or exhibition in the individual's specialty.

5. At least every ten years, beginning with the tenth anniversary year, a special recognition event will be held for all of the winners over all of the years of the award and a special memento, such as a lapel pin, will be designed and given to the award winners.

6. All faculty who have been awarded these awards shall be designated throughout their careers at the University of Minnesota as "Distinguished Teaching Professor of [field]." This title can be used in correspondence, on business cards, and wherever else appropriate.

7. Any faculty member who has received the award shall be designated by an asterisk and accompanying footnote in the appropriate college catalogues and bulletins for the duration of the recipient's academic career at the University of Minnesota.

8. The chairs of the nominating committees for this award and the Horace T. Morse-Alumni Association award shall consult to determine that no individual shall receive both awards in the same year.