| Approved by the: | University Senate - May 20, 1999 Administration - July 29, 1999 Board of Regents - no action required |
| Interpretation approved by the: Presented for information to the: |
Educational Policy Committee - Fall 2002 University Senate - October 31, 2002 |
AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION POLICY
I. Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
The Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education are granted annually to faculty members nominated by the colleges. The honor is awarded to exceptional candidates and reflects the University's emphasis on the importance of high quality undergraduate education. It also contributes to the improvement of undergraduate education at the University by publicizing the work of the award-winners to serve as a resource for the whole faculty.
II. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education
The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-Baccalaureate Graduate and Professional Education are granted annually to faculty members nominated by the colleges. This award recognizes faculty who engage post-baccalaureate, graduate, and professional students in a community of intellectual inquiry, who are significant mentors and role models for graduate and professional students, and who develop and promote activities which help students understand the larger context of their intended professions. The honor is awarded to exceptional candidates in recognition of outstanding performance in post-baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education in the following areas: excellence in instruction; involvement of students in research, scholarship and professional development; development of graduate or professional instructional programs; and advising and mentoring.
III. Policy
1. The Committee on Educational Policy shall annually appoint two nominating committees: one shall review nominees for the Morse-Alumni award and recommend to the Committee on Educational Policy those individuals whom should receive the award, and the other shall review nominees for the Graduate/Professional award and recommend to the Committee on Educational Policy those individuals who should receive the award. In both instances, the number of recipients will be dependent on the funding available.
2. No individual may receive the Graduate/Professional award and the Horace T. Morse-Alumni Association award in the same year.
3. Each recipient of each award shall receive a continuous augmentation in their salary, the amount to be recommended by the Committee on Educational Policy and approved by the President.
4. The department of each recipient of either award shall be provided non-recurring funding for the use of the award recipient for the development of teaching materials and training in order to promote excellence in teaching among all of the faculty, the amount and duration to be recommended by the Committee on Educational Policy and approved by the President.
5. The winners of each award shall serve as members of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
6. The Committee on Educational Policy shall have the authority to establish operational details associated with the granting of the Morse-Alumni awards and shall report annually on those details to the Senate for information.
FOR INFORMATION:
Operational Guidelines
1. The salary of each award winner shall be increased by a continuous augmentation of $3,000.
2. The annual award ceremony shall be a large public event to which the students and colleagues of the winners will be invited. This event would be in addition to a smaller event with the President and the Alumni.
3. Each award shall include, for each winner, an appropriate, well-publicized lecture, seminar, or exhibition in the individual's specialty.
4. All faculty who have been awarded Morse-Amoco or Morse-Alumni, or the Graduate/Professional, teaching awards shall be designated throughout their careers at the University of Minnesota as "Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of [field]" or "Graduate/Professional Distinguished Teaching Professor of [field]," as appropriate. This title can be used in correspondence, on business cards, and wherever else appropriate.
5. Any faculty member who has received either award shall be designated by an asterisk and accompanying footnote in the appropriate college catalogues and bulletins for the duration of the recipient's academic career at the University of Minnesota.