Please make note of the following two deadlines:
February 22, 2013 Teaching Excellence Awards
May 1, 2013 University Cup and the Vargo Teaching Chair.
The Teaching Excellence Awards include the: Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching; Provost's Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; Teaching Unit Award and the William Hardy Alexander Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Staff and students are encouraged to submit nominations to their Department Chair or Dean, as appropriate. Nominations must go through faculties as each faculty has a limit on the number of nominations that can be submitted. The Academic Awards and Ceremonies office also has a collection of past successful nomination packages that are a good reference for potential nominees.
For your reference, nomination information and eligibility criteria for these awards are available online at https://policiesonline.ualberta.ca/ under the Parent Policy "Awards for Teaching Excellence Policy".
Nominations for the University Cup may be submitted by current or past students, faculty members, Deans or Chairs. This award recognizes contributions to scholarly research, teaching and service to the community and University.
The Vargo Teaching Chair was created to foster excellence in teaching at the University. This program is committed to supporting individuals demonstrating innovative and creative teaching methods which enhance learning by undergraduate and graduate students. Any full-time Associate Professor or Full Professor at the University of Alberta may be appointed.
Criteria for the University Cup and the Vargo Teaching Chair can be found by visiting the Awards for Faculty Excellence Policy at https://policiesonline.ualberta.ca/PoliciesProcedures/Pages/DispPol.aspx?PID=16
Laura Connell, Acting Faculty Awards Facilitator
Academic Awards and Ceremonies
laura.connell@ualberta.ca or 780-492-2644