| Department of Biochemistry Award for
Excellence in Teaching Call for Nominations March 2003 |
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Nature of
the Award
The award is given yearly by the Emory Department of Biochemistry to recognize
a faculty member for excellence in teaching.
Nomination
Criteria
All full-time faculty of the Department of Biochemistry (both tenure- and non-tenure-track
with a primary or secondary appointment in the Department of Biochemistry) are
eligible to be nominated for this award. Among the criteria taken into consideration
in making the awards will be ability to motivate students and stimulate critical
thinking, sustained teaching excellence and development of innovative approaches
to teaching methodology and curricula. Other criteria include the instructor's
mentoring of students in and out of class. The definition of "students"
encompasses all forms of teaching involving faculty in the Department of Biochemistry,
such as graduate, medical, post-doctoral and undergraduate teaching, laboratory
mentorship, etc.
Nomination
Procedure
All members of the Department of Biochemistry (faculty, students, post-doctoral
fellows, etc.) can nominate faculty for this award. The nomination should be
in the form of a letter to the Chair of the Selection Committee (delivered to
the Biochemistry office) and should contain a summary of the nominee's teaching,
including courses taught and when, teaching contributions other than coursework
(seminars, mentoring of students, etc.); qualitative (and where possible, quantitative)
evaluations of the quality of the teaching by the nominee; selected comments
from other faculty and individual students as well as supporting letters from
faculty and students (these can be from outside the Department of Biochemistry
when the nature of the teaching warrants). After all the nominations have been
received, the Selection Committee will request that nominees provide a copy
of their most recent Teaching Portfolio.
Nominations can be made any time, but must be received no later than June 1
for consideration for that academic year.
Selection
Process
The awards will be made on recommendation by a committee of faculty appointed
by the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry. When possible, members of the
committee will attend nominees' teaching sessions and interview nominees' students
as well as review all supporting documentation. In most cases, the award will
be given to a single individual, but in special circumstances, the award can
be shared and/or not given if this is warranted by the number/quality of the
nominees.
Presentation
of the Award
The winner is presented with a letter of congratulation from the Chair of the
Department of Biochemistry (copied to the Director of the Graduate Division
of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the Dean of the School of Medicine, the
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Provost of the University),
a certificate and cash award ($1,000), and acknowledgement in the Department
of Biochemistry Newsletter.
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