2023 Faculty & Staff Awards
The College Of Medicine Awards Committee Invites You To Nominate Faculty, Staff, And Teams Who Epitomize Excellence In Pursuing Our College’s Mission, Values, And Impact.
This year we will have a rolling nominations process to nominate your colleagues (and students and trainees to nominate your faculty and preceptors) throughout the year.
Nominations are open from October 6, 2022 through March 31, 2023.
Our expanded awards portfolio captures the multitude of areas in which our colleagues contribute. Nominations for all awards require a 250-500 word statement describing the nominee’s accomplishments and excellence in the areas pertinent to the specific award. Nominations for several awards require the submission of additional documentation as specified below. For all awards, additional statements of support are encouraged. Nominators are encouraged to coordinate their nomination with others who are interested in supporting the same nominee and re-nominations from prior award cycles are encouraged.
Award Categories
Two Awards: A-B-C-D (Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty)
These awards honor both a faculty member or team and a staff member or team whose actions and activities consistently and regularly demonstrate extraordinary contributions and commitment to the department/office, college or university. For team nominations, statements from team leaders are encouraged.
Outstanding Contribution to Research
This award honors the individual or team who has demonstrated excellence or innovation in research and whose efforts have set them apart within their academic program and contribute to the mission, vision, and values of the college. Nominee’s CV is required.
Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship
This award honors the individual or team who has demonstrated excellence in scholarship, including authoring or editing texts, book chapters, or tools that advance pedagogy, clinical innovation, instruction and learning, assessment of course mastery, and assessment of student learning outcomes. Nominee’s CV is required.
Outstanding Contribution to Community Partnerships
This award honors the individual or team whose contributions developed or deepened positive and lasting relationships with a given community. This community may be global, national, state, local, or even within the university or college. Statement of support from the community served is encouraged.
Community Health and Innovation Award
This award recognizes the individual or team who has extended the work of the college in education, service, or research in communities and/or commercial applications. The award highlights the potential of the college to impact community health and spur economic growth locally, regionally, nationally and globally. Statement of support from the community or business served is encouraged.
Honoring Leadership
This award is given to the individual who exemplifies leadership consistent with the college’s mission, vision, and goals and engages others on the way to success.
Honoring Mentorship/Sponsorship
This award honors the individual who has demonstrated excellence in mentorship and/or sponsorship of faculty and/or staff and/or students and/or trainees and/or peers. Mentorship can be in any domain (research, teaching, service, leadership, clinical work, professional development, work life balance, etc.). Nominations must be from a mentee.
Excellence in Teaching
This award honors the individual or team who has demonstrated excellence in two or more of the following:
- Extensive knowledge and mastery of the subject matter
- Innovation in course and curriculum design
- Ability to inspire, guide and mentor students through independent and creative thinking
- Serving as a mentor, collaborator, and consultant to other faculty and teaching assistants
- Implementing the scholarship of teaching and learning
Special consideration will be given to nominations from nominators who have observed the nominee’s teaching directly.
Excellence in Clinical Teaching
This award honors the individual or team who has demonstrated excellence in clinical environments in two or more of the following:
- Employs evidence-based and health justice-centered approach to precepting
- Promotes collaboration and interprofessional practice
- Promotes self-reflection
- Inspires, guides and mentors students and trainees through independent, critical, and creative thinking
- Serves as a mentor, collaborator, and consultant to other clinical teaching faculty
Special consideration will be given to nominations from nominators who have observed the nominee’s clinical teaching directly.
Outstanding Contribution to Equity
This award honors the individual or team who has demonstrated commitment to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, access, and social justice. Contributions may be internal or external to the college and may fall within service, teaching, mentorship, leadership, research, scholarship, or community partnerships.
Two Awards: The Dean’s Award for Contribution to the College of Medicine Culture
These awards honor both a faculty member or team and a staff member or team who exemplify the College of Medicine’s culture by personifying the mission, vision, and values of the college. This award recognizes an individual’s or team’s character, as displayed through work, words, actions, and interactions with others. For team nominations, statements from team leaders are encouraged.