The Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (EUTA) encourages and honors outstanding teaching at NIU. It also promotes discussion about teaching excellence and improvement on campus. Undergraduate students have a major role in selecting faculty for the annual award. Their comments on nominees' qualifications are considered in the process, along with those of faculty, administrators and others.
Each department nominates a faculty member by providing their college with nomination materials. The colleges then select nominees for consideration by the Committee for the Improvement of Undergraduate Academic Experience (CIUAE). The committee chooses the award recipients.
If you have any questions about the award or nomination process, contact the CIUAE chair, Farah Ishaq at fishaq@niu.edu.
Nominees for the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (EUTA) should:
In order to be eligible, a nominee must:
An individual can only receive the EUTA once. Members of the CIUAE are not eligible.
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October 10, 2023 | Competition opens. CIUAE notifies deans and department chairs, who notify faculty and student advisory committees. |
December 15, 2023 | Nominations due to departments (suggested deadline). |
January 5, 2024 | Nominations due to colleges (suggested deadline). |
January 29, 2024 | Nominations due to CIUAE (firm deadline). |
March 25, 2024 | Applicants and chairs notified of results. |
April 2024 | Awards presented at Faculty Awards Ceremony. |
In general, the nomination process is as follows:
Departments and colleges must ensure there is no discrimination based on race, sex, age or other characteristic not related to teaching ability.
Nominees may not participate in the selection process. Anyone assisting in the process must remove themselves from consideration.
Each department can select one nominee. The department's student advisory committee should make the selection, or the department should follow procedures set by the department and committee. Undergraduate students from a range of department programs should form at least half of any selection committee.
Faculty and administrators can assist students with the nomination process by:
If the department doesn't have a student advisory committee, a faculty committee can submit a nominee. Student input should still be considered and must be documented.
Departments must provide complete nomination materials to their college:
The number of nominees a college can submit to the CIUAE depends on its percentage of total university faculty. The number of nominees for the academic year are:
The college's student advisory committee, or similar group, should consider nominations received from all the college's departments when selecting nominee(s).
The college must add information to the nomination form and submit it to the CIUAE by the specified deadline.
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