TO: Deans, Directors and Departmental Executive Officers
FROM: Bruce Nottingham-Spencer, Chair, Council on Teaching
Tanya Uden-Holman, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
RE: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching
DEADLINE: Noon on Friday, March 11th
DATE: February 1, 2022
We write to invite nominations for the Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes faculty who have participated in a rich variety of university teaching (e.g., undergraduate, graduate or professional, classroom, one-on-one) and who have contributed to curriculum and/or program development. Five faculty members (tenure-track, clinical-track, or instructional-track) will receive the award. Each award carries a $1,000 honorarium.
Each Departmental Executive Officer (DEO) is eligible to submit one nomination to the Council on Teaching on behalf of a faculty member in the DEO’s department. The nominee must have a minimum of six years of teaching experience at the University of Iowa and must hold the rank of Associate Professor, Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Professor, Associate Professor of Instruction/Practice, or Professor of Instruction/Practice. The DEO must follow the nomination guidelines and use the Hubbard-Walder Award Cover Sheet for the nominee. Nomination guidelines and cover sheets can be found on the Council on Teaching website at this link. Nominations should be submitted electronically to Kimberly Nye (council-on-teaching@uiowa.edu), in the Office of the Provost, by Noon on Friday, March 11th.
We encourage DEOs to consult widely with a diverse and broad representative group of students, faculty, and administrators to identify outstanding faculty to nominate for this award. The Council also expects DEOs to give full consideration to women and minority candidates in the selection process. The Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching can only be received once. Nomination guidelines can be found on the Council on Teaching website at: https://cot.org.uiowa.edu/teaching-awards/hubbard-walder-award-excellence-teaching
If you have any questions, you may contact Bruce Nottingham-Spencer (Chair of the Council on Teaching) or Kimberly Nye, (administrative contact) via email at council-of-teaching@uiowa.edu.