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The designation of University Professor has been established in order to recognize faculty members at the University who are outstanding teachers at the undergraduate level. Only tenured faculty members will be considered for this honor. Designated faculty members will hold the title permanently, be so identified in University publications, and will receive an annual monetary award of discretionary funds to support their professional development for the four years following their appointment. The names of all University Professors will be engraved on a plaque to be prominently displayed at the University.

NOMINATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1st

Eligibility

Nominees shall have met the following criteria:

Each nominee shall ordinarily teach a minimum of three undergraduate courses per year for at least the past three years.
Faculty nominated for consideration as University Professors shall have a record of superior accomplishment in teaching. The nominee shall document this record with evidence such as results of student opinion surveys, peer evaluations, statements from former students, and other relevant information.

Nomination Process & Schedule

ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
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Nomination must be written by a tenured department/school colleague in the nominee's discipline by September 1^st.
The department/school chair shall provide the full nomination packet to the department/school's tenured faculty prior to the ballot.
The chair of the department/school promotion and tenure committee shall conduct a secret ballot of all tenured members of the department/school and submit the vote with the nomination to the department/school chair.
Upon affirmation of a majority of those voting, the department/school chair shall forward the nomination(s) to the dean.
The college dean shall evaluate the credentials and submit the names of no more than 10% of the tenured faculty in their college for nomination to the University Professors Committee.
The University Professors Committee shall normally be comprised of one tenured faculty member from each college who holds the designation of University Professor as selected by the College Promotion and Tenure Committee. The University Professors Committee may, by an affirmative vote of at least four members, recommend designation to the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, who will make the final designation not later than January 1^st for the next year.

Submissions are to be made via email to facultyawards@odu.edu.

Contact

Academic Affairs Awards

757-683-5421 office

757-683-3336 fax

Academic Affairs

Schedule of Tenured Faculty For University Professor Designation

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DATES	ACTIONS
8/1	Provost and vice president for academic affairs calls for nomination of eligible faculty to be submitted to the department/school chair and forms the University Professors Committee.
9/1	Nomination(s) submitted by a tenured departmental colleague in the nominee's discipline.
10/1	Chair of department/school promotion and tenure committee conducts a secret ballot of all tenured faculty members in the department/school to select the nominees and forwards the nominees who received a majority of the vote, including the votes, to the college dean.
11/1	College dean evaluates the credentials of the department/school nominees and selects the college nominees for submission to the University Professors Committee via the Provost’s office. The materials must be submitted to the Provost’s Office electronically. The number of college nominees shall not exceed 10% of the college’s tenured faculty.
12/1	University Professors Committee reviews the college nominees and submits its recommendations to the provost and vice president for academic affairs. Nominees forwarded to the provost and vice president for academic affairs must have an affirmative vote of at least four Committee members.
1/1	Provost and vice president for academic affairs decides which of the University Professor nominees submitted by the Committee will be designated as University Professors.

Nomination Packet Requirements

The nomination packet shall include:

Personal statement by the person nominated describing general teaching philosophy [maximum two pages double spaced].
Documentation of teaching innovations.
Additional documentation such as a current Portfolio Review is required.
Curriculum vitae with priority given to activities and awards that focus on teaching [maximum two pages].
Professor's teaching log listing courses taught in the last five years with number of students, numerical student opinion surveys for the last five years, grade distributions from the last three years, and all student comments for the last three years.
In addition to the nomination letter, no more than four letters of support with at least two written by former students who have graduated from the University. The other two may come from persons in the community of his or her profession including former students [maximum 12 pages]. All letters should be solicited by and sent to the nominator not the nominee.

Send your nomination

Submit to Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & Strategic Initiatives

Submit packet

Award & Presentation

The recipients will be recognized at the annual faculty awards dinner with a certificate. Also, their names, along with the names of previous award winners, will be included on a large plaque prominently displayed in Webb Center. The recipients will each receive $3000 annually in discretionary funds for four years, as long as they remain faculty members at 51�鱨վ. The recipient is not required (or invited) to make a presentation.

2009:

R James Swanson, Biological Sciences
G Steven Rhiel, Information Technology & Descision Sciences
James W Kosnik, Music
Joyce Neff, English

2010:

Edward S. Neukrug, Counseling and Human Services
Sharon Raver-Lampman, Communication Disorders and Special Education
Ralph W. Stevens III, Biological Sciences
Victoria Time, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Susan Lynn Tolle, Dental Hygiene
Steve A. Yetiv, Political Science and Geography
Dennis J. Zeisler, Music

2011:

Nancy Klein, Music
Charles Sukenik, Physics
Francis Adams, Political Science and Geography
Gayle McCombs, Dental Hygiene

2012:

John Griffith, Finance
Laurie Henry, Accounting
Elaine Justice, Psychology
Michael Pearson, English

2013:

Mark D. Havey, Physics

2014:

Yvette Pearson, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Jaewan Yoon, Civil & Environmental Engineering

2015:

Annette Finley-Croswhite, History
Ed Gomez, Human Movement Sciences
Charles Hyde, Physics
Ling Li, Information Technology & Decision Sciences

2016:

Przemyslaw Bogacki, Mathematics & Statistics

2017:

Alex Godunov, Physics
Mohammad Najand, Finance

2019:

Luisa Igloria, English

2020:

Brett Bebber, Department of History

2021:

Lynn Wiles, Nursing

1998:

John P Broderick, English
Chris Drake, Political Science & Geography
Katharine Kersey, Teaching and Learning
Timothy C McKee, Accounting
Karen A Polonko, Sociology & Criminal Justice
Thomas J Socha, Communications
G Richard Whittecar, Ocean Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

1999:

John A Adam, Mathematics & Statistics
Michele Darby, Dental Hygiene
Lorraine M Lees, History
Linda Lilley, Nursing
Kneeland K Nesius, Biological Sciences
John F Toomey, Music

2000:

Janet Bing, English
Kenneth Daly, Art
John R Hackworth, Engineering Technology
Ronald E Johnson, Ocean Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Zia Razzaq, Civil & Environmental Engineering

2001:

Glenn Sussman, Political Science & Geography
Charles E Wilson Jr, English
Gilbert Yochum, Economics

2003:

John Broderick, English
Timothy C McKee, Accounting
Roland R Mielke, Electrical & Computer Engineering
G Richard Whittecar, Ocean Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

2004:

William H Crouch, Information Technology & Decision Sciences
Kathy Pearson, History

2005:

Barbara Bartkus, Business Administration Management
Janet Peery, English
Ruth Triplett, Sociology & Criminal Justice
Jill Dustin, Counseling and Human Services

2006:

Desmond Cook, Physics
Edward Markowski, Information Technology & Decision Sciences
Bryan Porter, Psychology
Scott Sechrist, Medical Laboratory & Radiation Sciences
David Swain, Exercise Science Sports Physical Education & Recreation

2007:

Ravindra Joshi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sheri Reynolds, English
Larry Weinstein, Physics
Michael Zugelder, Finance

2008:

Diane Cyr Carmody, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Lawrence Hatab, Philosophy
Garrett McAuliffe, Educational Leadership and Counseling
Alan Savitzky, Biological Sciences
Joanne Scheibman, English