Given by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, the award honors faculty members for work representing a significant contribution to excellence in public education. The University of Iowa will select up to six faculty members each year to receive this award and will award each recipient a $1,000 one-time stipend. The recipients are announced and presented in the spring semester.
Please see the guidelines for nominations.
2019-2020 recipients
- Kurt Anstreicher, Business Analytics, Tippie College of Business
- Lan Samantha Chang, Creative Writing, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Stephen Dunbar, Psychological & Quantitative Foundations, College of Education
- Jose Morcuende, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Carver College of Medicine
- Corinne Peek-Asa, Occupational & Environmental Health, College of Public Health
- Barbara Rakel, Nursing, College of Nursing