CWU Board of Trustees Retreat Agenda | July 2026

Appendix B: Distinguished Faculty Awards

Section I. Funding for Distinguished Faculty

Stipends and release time is are generously provided by the Office of the President and the CWU Foundation. A. Recipients of tThe annual Distinguished Faculty Awards in teaching, scholarship, and service will receive a one-time $2,500 stipend. B. Recipients of tThe Board of Trustees (BOT) Distinguished Faculty Award will receive a $5,000 stipend and one quarter release from teaching (12 WLU for tenured faculty and 15 WLU for Senior Lecturer faculty) the academic year following their award.

Section II. Obligation ofOF Recipients

A. All award recipients are expected to serve on at least two future selection committees at within five (5) years of receiving their awardsome time during their careers. B. Recipients must serve on the selection committee at least twice before they can nominate individuals for any Distinguished Faculty Award. C. Recipients of the Board of TrusteesBOT Distinguished Faculty Award will use 4 of the released WLU specified in Appendix B: I.B. for the benefit of CWU through research or service. These 4 WLU will be utilized in a manner determined through negotiation between the awardee and the Office of the President.

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Section III. Initial Requirements

A. Due Dates

1. Letters of nomination are due to the office of the Senate by December 1, or, if this date falls on a weekend, the first instructional day thereafter. 2. Supporting materials must be compiled into a single PDF document and submitted via email to All materials supporting the nomination (i.e., nominees’ notebooks) must be received by the office of the Senate by February 1 or, if this date falls on a weekend, the first instructional day thereafter.

B. Eligibility

1. Distinguished Faculty Awards are limited to CWU faculty who have been at CWU for a minimum of six (6) years and have worked at least 135 WLU. 2. The BOTBoard of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Awards are is limited to active CWU faculty who have been at CWU a minimum of fifteen (15) years, and have performed the greater part of the activities for which they are nominated in connection with the nominee’stheir employment at CWU. Emerit, tenured, and Senior Lecturer faculty are eligible.

C. Nominations and Supporting Materials

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