Excellence in Faculty Service

Three academic years of full-time service during the past five years
Full-time teaching (tenured or tenure track) faculty carrying campus-defined full-time teaching load (including Department Chairs/Program Directors)
Full-time non-tenure track faculty
Except for Department Chairs, teaching requirements must constitute more than 50% of the position’s responsibility.
Any full-time academic rank is eligible for the award.
Recipients of an excellence award may not be nominated for another excellence award within a five-year interval.
Recipients may not be re-nominated for an award in the same category.

Consistently superior service sustained over multiple years
May include service to the campus, the State University, the local community or contributions at the regional, state-wide, national or international levels.
- Eligible activities include service contributions to: candidate’s discipline; disciplinary and professional organizations and societies; leadership in local or system-wide faculty governance.
Service must exceed the work generally considered to be part of basic professional obligation.
Service must exceed that for which faculty are normally compensated.
Positive evidence of outstanding achievement and skill in providing leadership, outreach, or other University and/or community service or extraordinary service and leadership in the nominee’s professional organization.
Scope of service must be geared toward effecting positive change, and must involve the generous giving of personal time in service areas.
Demonstrates initiative and creativity in exceeding these standards.