3. The screening selection committee is not an investigative body. Therefore, it is imperative that supportive material be complete, orderly and self-explanatory. 4. Nominators may not nominate more than one faculty to share the same award. 5. An individual may receive an award in more than one category, although not in the same year. An individual may not receive an individual award more than once. 6. A nominee may be renominated. 7. Material of award recipients shall be retained for three years in the office of the Senate. 8. Awards are announced by the Provost and approved by the BOT. Awards shall be officially presented at the Spring Honors Convocation. Neither nominees nor nominators should attempt to contact the committee, the Senate office, or the Provost’s President’s Office about the progress or outcome of the committee's deliberations. No information will be given out. 9. After reviewing submitted materials, the committee, at its discretion, may elect not to recommend recipients of one or more awards in a given year. 2. Committee membership shall be confidential. Committee membership is finalized by early February at the latest. 3. The committee shall include six members. Five shall be drawn from the ranks of those who have received Distinguished Faculty Awards, representing all colleges of the university, including one non-tenure track faculty member, if possible. The sixth member shall be an alumnus representative selected by Alumni Relations. The committee will include six volunteer members: a. Four must be past Distinguished Faculty Award winners representing each annual award category selected by the Executive Committee. b. One must be an alumnus selected by CWU Alumni Relations. c. One must be an individual selected by the Executive Committee from three names forwarded by the CWU Retiree Association to balance out the composition of the committee. 4. Emeritus Distinguished Professors/Faculty are eligible to serve. B. Award Selection Process 1. Nominees shall be considered for Distinguished Faculty Awards based on excellence of work and activities conducted solely while at CWU. Nominees shall only be considered for the category of the award for which they were nominated. 2. The screening selection committee makes the award choices, and sends the recommendations and supporting letters to the Provost forwards those names and materials to the President with a brief summary statement describing each awardee. 3. The President forwards the awardee file for the Board of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Awardto the Board of Trustees for approval at their spring meeting. Section IV. SCREENING SELECTION COMMITTEE A. Membership 1. Members of the screening selection committee are chosen approved by the Executive Committee.
Section V. NOTIFICATION OF AWARD
A. The president will notify the award winners. B. After the award winners have been notified by the President, letters will go out to the other candidates informing them the status of their nomination. The committee will not give individual feedback on the merit of applications or the selection process.
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