Appendix B: Distinguished Faculty Awards
Section I. FUNDING for DISTINGUISHED FACULTY Stipends and release time is generously provided by the Office of the President and the CWU Foundation. A. The annual Distinguished Faculty Awards in teaching, scholarship, and service will receive a one-time $2,500 stipend. B. 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 selection committees at some time during their careers. Recipients of the Board of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Award will use 4 of the released WLU specified in Appendix B: I.B. 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. 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. 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 a minimum of six (6) 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 fifteen (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. Emerit, tenured, and Senior Lecturer faculty are eligible. C. Nominations and Supporting Materials 1. Nominations may be made by faculty, students, alumni or others in a position to evaluate the achievements of a faculty member in any of the award categories. Self- nominations will not be accepted. Nomination letters and supporting materials must be submitted to the Senate in accordance with Part A above.
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