Teaching Awards
Teaching Excellence Annual Award
The University Libraries Annual Teaching Excellence Award honors one person who has created and delivered exemplary and innovative instruction programs over a single year. To apply, complete a Teaching Portfolio form detailing your instructional activities and behaviors. All librarians who engage in teaching are encouraged to apply. The Committee will collect and judge applications based on criteria outlined in the teaching portfolio. Recommendations for the award recipient will be sent to the director for a final decision. A plaque and monetary award will be presented to the recipient.
How to apply: Submit a
Teaching Portfolio (Word document)
Recipients:
- Carol Powell, Health Sciences Library, 2003-04
- Tina Schneider, Lima Campus Library, 2004-05
- Karen Diaz, Instruction Librarian, 2005-06
- Danny Dotson, Subject Specialist, 2006-07
- Beth Kattelman, Special Collections Curator, 2008
- Miriam Conteh-Morgan and Maureen Donovan, Subject Specialists, 2009 (in photo)
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The committee commended Miriam Conteh-Morgan and Maureen Donovan in particular for developing a new 5 credit course, International Studies 501, Understanding the Global Information Society. They collaborated over several quarters to plan the curriculum, develop course assignments and assessments, and teach the course. They incorporated both the Carmen wiki and Delicious social bookmarking tools in their course plan, which utilized the Learning Collaboration Studio as a classroom. They also used the course development process as a jumping off point for scholarly research. Both presented papers at the
International Research Conference on Global Citizenship for the 21st Century during November 2009.
The Virginia Tiefel Achievement in Teaching Award
The Achievement Award recognizes contributions to instruction in the Libraries over many years. It will be awarded if and when there is a successful nominee presented in a given year. The recipient of the Achievement Award will be chosen from a group of peer nominations. Librarians are encouraged to nominate a colleague who they deem especially worthy of this distinction. The Committee will collect nominations and recommend the award recipient to the director for a final decision. A plaque and monetary award will be presented to the recipient.
Nomination Instructions (PDF)
Recipients:
- Nancy O'Hanlon, Instruction Librarian, 2003-04
- Ted Riedinger, Latin American Studies, 2004-05
- Gerry Greenberg, Subject Specialist, 2005-06
- Katherine Webb, Subject Specialist, 2006-07
- Anne Fields, Subject Specialist, 2008
- Karen Diaz, eLearning Librarian, 2009 (in photo)
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This award recognizes contributions to instruction in the Libraries over many years and is chosen from a group of peer nominations. This year the committee recognized the significant contributions of Karen Diaz to development and management of several large eLearning programs offered by the Libraries, Make the Leap for freshman survey classes and the online credit courses offered through Arts & Sciences, as well as her leadership, with Anne Fields, of the university’s Digital Storytelling initiative. Anne, in her letter of nomination, notes that “Karen’s vision, time, and talents have led the way in making connections with faculty from diverse departments and colleges. . .” Professor Joy Reilly, a participant in a Digital Storytelling workshop conducted by Karen and Anne, writes in her letter of support that she was impressed by Karen’s sense of humor and ability to put learners at ease and hopes that her ability “to engage a very varied group of people from across the university and infuse them with such enthusiasm and passion for new learning, as well as new methods and ideas, can be recognized with this award.”
Please direct questions regarding the awards to any member of the committee.
