Nominations for 2020-21 Faculty Awards Sought

Nominations are now open for seven awards for NC State faculty members. This year’s nomination submission deadlines have been moved up a few weeks earlier than normal in order to accommodate the change in the fall semester calendar, and to provide departments and colleges ample time to prepare nominations. A return to typical nomination deadlines is anticipated for the 2021-22 academic year. 

• Nominations are open through Tuesday, September 15 for the O. Max Gardner Award, given annually by the Board of Governors to an outstanding faculty member from one of the 17 UNC institutions. Past winners have included faculty members who made contributions of national or international significance. Given annually since 1949, this award is named for former governor and NC State alumnus Oliver Max Gardner.
• Nominations for the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching are due by Tuesday, October 6. This prestigious award was established in 1993 to underscore the importance of teaching and to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support good teaching at the university.
• Nominations for the 2020-21 University Faculty Scholars Program are due by Friday, September 25. This program, established in 2012 by Chancellor Randy Woodson, recognizes and rewards emerging academic leaders among NC State’s faculty. Nominations are limited to assistant professors who have been reappointed for a second term, all associate professors, and professors within the first three years of appointment at that rank. Each college has specific nominating procedures with earlier due dates.
• Nominations for the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence are due by Tuesday, October 27. This award, established by the NC State Board of Trustees in 1992 and named for NC State’s first chief executive, recognizes and rewards faculty whose careers demonstrate excellence in achievement and sustained impact in research, teaching, service or extension and engagement. It is NC State’s highest faculty award.
• Nominations for the Outstanding Teacher Award are due by Tuesday, November 10. This award recognizes excellence in teaching at all levels. Faculty must be recognized as an Outstanding Teacher before they can receive the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching or the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award.
• Nominations for the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award are due by Thursday, November 12. This is one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards given on campus. To be eligible, a nominee must have previously received an Outstanding Teacher Award and have provided distinguished service in support of undergraduate teaching.
• Nominations for The Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology are due by Tuesday, January 12, 2021. This teaching award was created to honor the creative pedagogy of NC State’s faculty and their work in integrating new technologies into effective teaching strategies. The award was first given in fall 2002 and named for Gertrude Cox, “The First Lady of Statistics,” who came to NC State in 1940 to establish the university’s distinguished Department of Statistics.

For more information about nominations for any of the awards listed, contact the university awards and events coordinator, Judy Austin, at jcaustin@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-3636.