Appendix B: Distinguished Faculty Awards
Section I. FUNDING A. Funding for the awards ($2,500 for each category) and release time is generously provided by the Office of the President and the CWU Foundation. B. Recipients of the annual Distinguished Faculty Awards in teaching, scholarship, and service willreceive a one- time $2,500 stipend. C. Recipients of the Board of Trustees 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 OF RECIPIENTS All award recipients are expected to serve on future screening selection committees at some time during their careers. Recipients of the Board of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Award will use 4 of the released teaching WLU specified in Appendix B: I.C for the benefit of the University 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. 1. Letters of nomination are due to in the office of the Senate by December 1 or, if this date falls on a weekend, the first instructional day thereafter. All letters of nomination must be originals (fax and e- mail versions will not be considered). 2. All material supporting the nomination (i.e., nominees’ notebooks) must be received by in 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 a minimum of six years and have worked at least 135 WLU. 2. Board of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Awards are limited to active CWU faculty who have been at CWU a minimum of 15 years, and have performed the greater part of the activities for which they are nominated in connection with the nominee's employment at CWU. Emeritus, tenured, and senior lecturer faculty are eligible. C. B. Nominations and Supporting Materials 1. Nominations may be made by faculty, students, alumni or others in a position to evaluate the effectiveness achievements of a faculty member in any of the three tenure-track/tenured award categories (Teaching, Service, Research /Artistic Accomplishment) or the non-tenure track award (Teaching). Self-nominations will not be accepted. Nomination letters and supporting materials must be submitted to the Senate in accordance with Part A above. 2. Nominations are presented by a Nominator. The Nominator writes the letter of nomination, providing a full description of the nominee’s work that is deserving of the respective award; a short statement of nomination will not be sufficient. The Nominator shall also help the nominee to compile and order a notebook for the screening selection committee to substantiate the nomination, incorporating materials required and/or suggested in the accompanying criteria. No materials may be added to the notebook after the due date. Section III. INITIAL REQUIREMENTS A. Due Dates
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