Any person within the University community (students, alumni, faculty, staff or administrators) may nominate a faculty member for this award. Nominations must be in writing and signed by the nominator, sent via E-mail to facassn1@unf.edu, or posted through the WEB site at www.unf.edu/groups/unffa/. Written nominations are to be delivered, preferably by hand, to the Faculty Association Office. The nomination should consist of a simple factual statement ("I wish to nominate _________ for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.") and should not consist of an argument on behalf of, or a rationale for, the candidacy of the nominee. The deadline for receipt of all nominations is no later than the second Friday of October (10/12/2012) at 5:00 p.m.  It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that his/her nomination is delivered prior to the deadline.

The President of the Faculty Association shall keep a list of all nominees and send a letter of confirmation of the nomination to each nominee and his/her chair, after the close of nominations.

The President of the Faculty Association shall, in cooperation with the Deans of the respective Colleges, confirm the eligibility of each nominee, no later than the third Friday of October (10/19/2012.)

The President of the Faculty Association shall also keep a list of all nominees declared to be eligible and send a letter of confirmation of eligibility to each eligible nominee and his/her chair. In addition, the President of the Faculty Association shall notify those nominees who were not declared to be eligible.

1. A signed statement by the faculty member attesting to the accuracy of the information (use the attached form, "Statement of Accuracy").
   
   
2. A vita (maximum of five (5) pages) consisting of the past two academic years, including summers of the nominee's teaching accomplishments and any scholarship and/or service directly related to teaching.
   
   
3. A list of courses taught during the past two academic years, including courses taught during the Summer. The list is to contain course number, course name, number of credit hours, and enrollment.
   
   
4. A discussion (maximum of three (3) pages) of the nominee's teaching philosophy and his/her most significant graduate teaching accomplishments, during the past two academic years. Significant teaching accomplishments may be documented by citing such things as: the development of new courses and degree programs; other efforts to improve and enhance the curriculum; summary results of evaluations of the nominee's teaching by students and academic colleagues through methods such as survey instruments, questionnaires, and in-class visitations and observations; awards or other formal recognition received for outstanding teaching; grants or financial aid obtained for innovation and experimentation in teaching; graduate advising, graduate program directing; directing theses, projects, and dissertations, or serving on those committees, and so forth. The nominee may also include a discussion of scholarly accomplishments and/or service activities, during the past two academic years that directly relate to teaching.
   

The President of the Faculty Association will collect all PDF copies of the completed Nominee Materials and forward the materials to each of the appropriate Colleges for screening. The President of the Faculty Association will also keep a list of all nominees whose materials have been forwarded to the Colleges.

Each of the Colleges shall elect a College Screening Committee to screen nominees and name finalists for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Only regular teaching faculty designated as Graduate Faculty who are not nominees for this award will be eligible to serve on this Committee. If colleges do not conform to this guideline, their nominees will not be considered further. The College Committee shall screen the nominations of those who have been declared to be eligible. In the event a nominee is not affiliated with one of the Colleges, the faculty member should submit his or her materials to the College in which his or her discipline would normally reside. The College Committee shall name no more than three (3) finalists for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.  By the second Friday of January 2013 (01/11/13)  the name of the College Finalists shall be returned to the President of the Faculty Association, who will deliver the materials of the College Finalists to the Chairperson of the University Selection Committee. In addition, the President of the Faculty Association shall notify those nominees who were not selected.

The University Selection Committee will be composed of the President of the Faculty Association, the Chairperson of the Faculty Affairs Committee, the President of the Graduate Student Organization, and one representative from each College to be elected by the faculty of the College from the ranks of graduate faculty who have received university Undergraduate or Graduate teaching awards in previous years. No person who is a nominee for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award or who is related to any nominee, may serve on this committee; in such cases, the constituency such a person represents shall elect a substitute representative. The President of the Faculty Association shall convene the University Selection Committee prior to the end of February for the purposes of electing a chairperson and beginning the final selection process.

The University Selection Committee will make the final choice from among the finalists forwarded from each of the Colleges. The Committee will make its final decision based only upon the Nominee Materials that accompany the forwarded nominations. The Committee may request clarification regarding a finalist, either verbal or written, if desired. Such information may be provided by the appropriate College Committee representative. There will be no verbal presentations by the finalists nor campaigns on behalf
of the finalists. The Committee shall make its decision solely on the basis of the nominee's merits, and without consideration for other such factors as departmental or college affiliation of present nominees or past award winners. No proxy voting will be allowed.

It will be the responsibility of the University Selection Committee chairperson to notify by letter any finalists who have not been selected after the committee has concluded its deliberations. The Chairperson of the University Selection Committee will also send a letter via the Faculty Association to the Office of Academic Affairs identifying the two (2) winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards. Winners of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award shall be notified by a letter signed jointly by the chairperson of the selection committee and President of the Faculty Association.  Formal recognition of winners shall occur at the UNF Fall Convocation.

UNF OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD
2013-2014
STATEMENTS OF ACCURACY

APPLICANT'S STATEMENT

I, ____________________________________________________ (applicant's name & department), hereby attest to the accuracy of the information contained in this application.

Signature _________________________ Date _________________________

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References:
FA 13-14: March 7, 2013 - The Unificationof Faculty Award Timing
Update on 2/2/2012 for no of awardees increase & the fund amount from $2,000.00 to $2,500.00
Update on 11/22/2011 for the Blackboard purpose
FA 07-04: February 1, 2007 - Chairperson's Signature for the Faculty Awards
FA 06-24: July 6, 2006