Outstanding University faculty members will be honored at the thirteenth annual "In Celebration of Teaching" awards banquet to be held in the Rotunda May 1.
Marva A. Barnett, the teaching resource center director and an award presenter, said the awards are a "great way to recognize great teaching at U.Va."
Biology Prof. Claire Cronmiller will receive a two-year Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professorship at the banquet, while Architecture Prof. Kenneth Schwartz will be presented with the Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award. Recipients of this award must have been part of the University faculty for at least ten years.
The Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award named Politics Prof. Paul Freedman its 2003 recipient for outstanding teaching.
Nursing Prof. Pamela Kulbok will receive the University Seminars program Outstanding Teaching Award for her work with first-year students. Kulbok said she had a wonderful opportunity to work with first years, and she was honored the University chose to recognize her.
Other awards including eight All-University Teaching Awards, four All-University Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards and seven University Teaching Fellowships. Prizes ranging from $1,000 to $7,000 accompany the awards.
Barnett said that in most cases department chairs, deans or faculty members nominate candidates, however anyone, including graduate and undergraduate students, can nominate a teacher for an award.
"We really appreciate all the hard work of the nominators," Barnett said.
A 12-page nomination packet was submitted to the Provost's Office for each candidate. Barnett said each packet contained six one-page letters about the nominee, three of which were student written.
The Provost Office picked a ten-person committee to select the 2003 winners. Committee member Valentina Brashers, nursing prof. and clinical assistant prof. of medicine, said everyone on the committee was a previous University teaching award winner.
"The hardest part of being on the awards committee is choosing between all the outstanding applicants, each of whom is more than deserving of recognition" Brashers said.
Barnett explained Committee members looked at such factors as the nominee's writing, mentoring skills, ability to excite students in lectures or ability to get students involved. She said the award selection was very qualitative and selectors examined a candidate's teaching throughout their career.
The "In Celebration of Teaching" banquet will be held May 1 at 7:30 p.m. followed by an awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. Winners, nominators, department chairs, deans and guests will attend the invitation-only event.
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