Awards & General Criteria
The Edward W. Carroll Teaching Award was established in honor of Dr. Edward W. Carroll, a Department of Biomedical Sciences faculty member who served the department for over 25 years and passed away in 2010. This award is presented to a tenure track faculty member in the College of Health Sciences who has completed a minimum of three (3) years of full-time teaching. The award recipient receives an award of $500.
The Dorothy H. Wood Teaching Award was established in honor of Mrs. Dorothy H. Wood, a Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology faculty member who served the department for 37 years before retiring in 2006. This award is presented to a non-tenure track faculty member in the College of Health Sciences who has completed a minimum of three (3) years of full-time teaching. The award recipient receives an award of $500.
General Criteria for the College of Health Sciences Teaching Awards
Evidence of commitment to a student-centered concern for individual student growth, development, and welfare that positively impacts College of Health Sciences’ students.
- Motivates students to go beyond the expected learning in the discipline;
- Inspires students to excel and take initiative for their own learning;
- Engages in mentoring and advising that assists students to develop educationally and personally, and
- Extends the learning process beyond the classroom.
Evidence of effective teaching and student learning.
- Receives strong teaching evaluations by students;
- Demonstrates creativity in curriculum design or innovations in the delivery of instruction;
- Regarded by peers as an excellent teacher including peer reviews of teaching if available;
- Draws on current literature, own research (if applicable), clinical practice (if applicable), scholarship of teaching and learning or service to engage students;
- Engages students in collaborative and active learning;
- Skilled in the use of a variety of learning measures appropriate for discipline.
