Ronald  W.  Collins  Distinguished  Faculty  Awards:  "Above  and  Beyond"  Samples  of  Qualities  of  Past  Winners    

Teaching  I  and  II  Categories      

• Efforts   in  the  areas  of  scholarship  on  teaching,  disseminating  teaching  materials,  and  mentoring  colleagues  in  teaching  are  creative  and  generous.  

• Advising  and  mentoring  students  in  a  manner  that  is  exceptional  relative  to  department  standards,  e.g.  advises,  assists,  or  mentors  students  who  are  not  assigned  advisees  or  enrolled  in  their  courses.  

• Curriculum  leadership:  creating  new  courses  or  degree  certificates  or  programs;  leadership  in  curriculum  revision  and  updating  process;  courses  taught  are  subject  to  continuous  improvement  and  innovation.  

• Serves  as  a  faculty  advisor  to  a  student  organization  or  student  professional  society  and  engages  students  creatively  in  these  capacities.  

• Uses  teaching  technology  (whether  IT  or  best  practices  in  classroom  settings,  such  as  simulations,  specially  designed  lab  manuals,  etc.)  to  effectively  support  the  curriculum  and  course  objectives.  

• Develops  original,  educational  modalities  and  forums  for  EMU  campus-­‐wide  benefit  or  local/regional/state/national  benefit,  e.g.  a  conference,  a  poetry  reading  that  engages  diverse  members  of  the  EMU  community.  

• Serves  and  provides  leadership  in  groups  or  organizations  that  seek  to  improve  higher  education.      

Research  I  and  II  Categories  • Scholarly  productivity  is  exceptional  relative  to  standard  expectations  of  their  colleagues.  • Editorial  Positions  held  and  relative  status  of  the  journal  in  the  nominee's  field.  • Mentoring/advising  of  student  research  in  the  form  of  theses,  students  who  have  gone  on  to  earn  PhD;  honors  

theses,  undergraduate  and  graduate  research  symposia.  • National  and  international  reputation,  as  documented  through  presentations  at  conferences,  affiliations  with  or  

recognition  by  journal  editors,  research  institutes,  governmental  or  private  funding  organizations,  or  scholarly  forums.  

• Successful  grant-­‐writing  or  other  resource  generating  activities  that  support  faculty  research.    

Service  I  and  II  Categories  • High  levels  of  excellence,  both  in  quality  and  quantity,  of  service  to  external  constituents  and  internal  service  to  the  

university.  • Substantive  and  numerous  contributions  that  exceed  departmental  service  expectations  and  time  allowances  in  

workload.    Much  of  the  applicant’s  work  is  unpaid,  (not  subsidized  by  release  time,  grants,  consultant  fees,  etc.).  • Strong    testimonials,  recognition,  and  awards  bestowed  by  service  constituencies.  • Mobilizes   resources   for   service   constituencies   (e.g.   grants,   interns   provided,   service   learning   students,   free  

workshops/consultations  provided).  • Documented  contributions  to  the  positive  reputation  of  EMU  through  one's  service  work.    

Creative  Activity  Award  • Documentation  of  the  public’s  recognition  of  the  excellence  of  the  creative  contributions  of  the  works  described.  • Other  evidence  of  recognition,  such  as  awards,  or  competitive  internal  EMU  grants  and  external  grants  for  the  

support  of  such  activities.  • Translates  creative  activity  into  teaching  and  mentoring  others.  • Extent  of  recognition,  from  local  venues  to  international  ones.  • Ingenuity  and  originality  in  creative  activity.      

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