Each year, the College of Applied Human Sciences recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding faculty, staff, and students with awards presented at a reception in the spring. Below are listed the award criteria as well as eligibility requirements for each award. Prior recipients of awards are not eligible to win the same award again, but ARE eligible to receive a different award. Nominations are due each year in early October. Each August, the call for award nominations will be sent by e-mail to all CAHS personnel and the new due date will be posted on this webpage.
Nominations for 2008-09 Awards are due on October 3, 2008.
The Outstanding Teacher Award honors an excellent teacher who exhibits superior and sustained performance in teaching that impacts student learning. On-campus and Extension faculty with five years of experience at CSU with undergraduate, graduate, and/or off-campus teaching are eligible for this award. The criterion for selection for this award is evidence of the successful use of creative instructional approaches, innovative use of technology in the classroom, and/or creation of service learning opportunities, as well as positive student feedback regarding the quality and effectiveness of the faculty member’s teaching. The nomination statement might include teaching evaluation data obtained from annual faculty reviews, evaluation by peers based on classroom visits, or citation of other teaching awards or external recognition. The packet should include a summary of student course evaluations and any other materials relative to teaching. (Please do not include multiple pages of printed out evaluations and student comments.)
The Outstanding Advisor Award recognizes a faculty member or administrative professional staff member with three or more years experience at CSU, who excels in undergraduate or graduate student advising, based on the quality of student advising evaluations. The advising award nomination materials should contain student advising evaluation data, comments from current and former advisees regarding the advisor’s effectiveness, and any other materials relative to advising.
The Scholarly Excellence Award is intended for full professors in the Applied Human Sciences faculty with at least five years experience at CSU, whose scholarly work has positively impacted his or her discipline during that person’s career. Scholarship is interpreted broadly and includes activities such as original and theoretical research, creative works, model development, research synthesis, policy research, and other forms of scholarly endeavor. To be considered for this award, the faculty member must demonstrate a substantial record of publication in high quality scholarly journals, successful contract or grant activity, and/or demonstration of recognition as a scholar at the national or international levels. The nomination could include assessments of this impact from some knowledgeable person external to the unit. For this award, supporting data might include reviews of the person’s published materials, support letters from recognized scholars in the person’s field of expertise, Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) indicators (impact factor, immediacy index, and cited half-life), indications of national and international recognition of the nominee’s scholarly work, and any other supportive evidence regarding the quality of research contributions.
The Superior Faculty Service Award is given to a faculty member with five or more years of experience at CSU who has made significant contributions to the College, University, or off-campus organizations. The supporting materials should document the person’s contributions in advancing the work of his or her department, the College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University, the local community, state, the person’s profession, the nation, or even the world. This might include identification of awards received and/or testimony from coworkers, workers, or alumni in the service activities being recognized, or those benefiting from the service provided.
The Superior Staff Service Award is given to a staff member with five or more years of experience in the College who demonstrates outstanding achievement in performing his or her responsibilities. Show evidence of excellence in: productivity, efficiency, initiative, creativity, innovation, leadership, effective communication, service (college, university, or community), or mentoring ability. The nomination should include testimony from co-workers, supervisors, or students.
The Tenure Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award recognizes a tenure-track faculty member (not yet tenured) for outstanding contributions in teaching during his or her period of appointment at Colorado State University. The intent of the award is to recognize a newer member of the CAHS faculty who demonstrates excellence in teaching. The criterion for selection for this award is evidence of the successful use of creative instructional approaches, innovative use of technology in the classroom, and/or creation of service learning opportunities, as well as positive student feedback regarding the effectiveness of the faculty member’s teaching. The nomination statement might include teaching evaluation data obtained from annual faculty reviews, evaluation by peers based on classroom visits, or citation of other teaching awards or external recognition. The packet should include a summary of student course evaluations and any other materials relative to teaching. (Please do not include multiple pages of printed out evaluations and student comments.) Individual should not be nominated in the year he/she is going up for tenure.
The Tenure Track Faculty Scholarly Excellence Award recognizes a tenure-track faculty member (not yet tenured) for outstanding contributions in activities such as original and theoretical research, creative works, model development, research synthesis, policy research, and other forms of scholarly endeavor during his or her period of appointment at Colorado State University. To be considered for this award, the faculty member must demonstrate a record of publication in high quality scholarly journals, successful contract or grant activity, and/or demonstration of emerging recognition as a scholar at the national or international levels through selection to present papers at significant conferences of relevant professional organizations. The nomination could include assessments of this impact from some knowledgeable person external to the unit. For this award, supporting data might include reviews of the person’s published materials, support letters from recognized scholars in the person’s field of expertise, Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) indicators (impact factor, immediacy index, and cited half-life), indications of emerging national and international recognition of the nominee’s scholarly work, and any other supportive evidence regarding the quality of research contributions. Individual should not be nominated in the year he/she is going up for tenure.
The Outstanding Senior Award recognizes a CAHS graduating senior for outstanding performance including academic achievement, leadership, research, service, and/or creative endeavors. Student must be an undergraduate student graduating in the academic year the award is bestowed (must have intent to graduate). Nominees must have a grade point average of 3.2 or better and have completed at least 3 semesters in CAHS. Must have extensive involvement in leadership activities, student activities and/or organizations, community service activities and serve as a positive role model for others. The student selected for this award will be nominated for the Alumni Association Albert C. Yates Student Leadership Award.
The final selection of each award winner is the responsibility of the Dean. The Faculty/Staff Awards Committee or the Research Committee (depending on the type of award) will review all nominations and present the Dean with recommendations.
Recipients will receive a plaque and an honorarium in the amount of $750 at the spring CAHS Meeting in recognition of this accomplishment. The recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award will receive a scholarship in the amount of $750.
