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.
Section IV. SCREENING SELECTION COMMITTEE A. Membership
1. Members of the screening selection committee are chosen approved by the Executive Committee. 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 award category selected by the Executive Committee. b. One must be an alumnus selected by the CWU Foundation. 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. 2. The screening selection committee makes the award choices, and sends the recommendations and supporting letters and forwards those names and materials to the provost President and BOT. 3. 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. 1. Distinguished Professor Faculty Awards are limited to regular full-time tenured/tenure-track CWU faculty who have been at CWU a minimum of six years and have worked at least 135 WLU. (18 academic quarters exclusive of summers). 2. Regular faculty who also serve in administration, but continue to teach a minimum of 5 credits per quarter, are eligible. B. Materials for Distinguished Professor of Teaching Award The Distinguished Professor of Teaching Award nominee's notebook should contain the following items, organized in the following order: 1. Letter of nomination bearing the date stamp of the Senate office verifying submission by December 1. 2. Vitae of nominee, verifying that the nominee is a full-time member of the CWU faculty and has a minimum of six years full-time service at CWU. The vitae must bear the date stamp of the Senate office verifying submission of the notebook by February 1. Section V. DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR FACULTY AWARDS A. Eligibility
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