Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Awards

Nomination Process

Nominations will be accepted from USC Columbia students, faculty, department chairs, and deans. Eligible full time tenured or tenure track faculty members who have taught at USC at least three years may be nominated or may self nominate. A nomination form (PDF) and a brief memo or letter stating the reasons the individual is being nominated for the award should be submitted to the Office of the Provost by December 14, 2007. Nominees will then be contacted by the Office of the Provost and asked to submit the materials below.

Required Materials for Nominee's file: (8 page limit)

1. A three-page vita which includes tenure status and faculty rank
2. A three-page narrative which summarizes the candidate's philosophy of teaching, involvement in undergraduate teaching, advising, and mentoring of undergraduate students
3. A two page summary from chair or colleague summarizing teaching, research, advisement, mentoring activities, awards. Suggestions for two-page summary:
1. Course or Program Development such as courses taught/developed, program development or revision, instructional materials developed for students, uses of current and emerging technologies
2. Advisement and career counseling such as development of advisement materials, awards or recognitions
3. Research or independent study supervision such as nature and quality of student performance, nature and quality of supervision, nature and quality of outcomes or products
4. Mentoring and instructional support to colleagues and teaching assistants, excerpts of letters from those assisted, description of support offered
5. Research and writing in the discipline or profession (and related specifically to teaching) such as: publications, seminars, presentations, video or other technology- based productions, portfolios, exhibits, concerts
6. Delivery of instruction, syllabi, course requirements and assessment approaches
7. Evaluation of student learning, student generated products, examples of completed assignments
8. Awards for teaching and advising

Submission Deadline:

Nominee's files are due to the Office of the Provost by February 1, 2008. The selection committee will make a recommendation to the Provost, who will select the winner. The winners will be announced at the spring General Faculty Meeting.

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Information about the Award

THE AWARD

1. Four awards will be presented annually from among the University of South Carolina Columbia campus undergraduate faculty.
2. Each award will be in the amount of $2,500.
3. Awards will be presented at the Spring General Faculty Meeting.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Nominees must be full-time tenured or tenure track faculty.
2. Nominees must teach undergraduate students.
3. Previous Mungo Award recipients are not eligible for nominations.
4. Recipients of any other teaching award will be eligible for nomination for the Mungo Award.

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Award Recipients

2006-2007
Robert Lyon	Art
Antonello Monti	Eletrical Engineering
David Tedeschi	Physics
Stacy Wood	Business
2005-2006
JoAnne Herman	Nursing
Julie Hubbert	Music
Charles Pierce	Civil & Environmental Engineering
2004-2005
Claudia Benitez-Nelson	Geological Sciences
Gregory Carbone	Geography
Greg Forter	English
Kenneth Kelly	Anthropolgy
2003-2004
Michael Meadows	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rekha Patel	Biological Sciences
David Rocheleau	Mechanical Engineering
Patrick Scott	English/University Libraries
Terry Smith	Theatre and Dance
2002-2003
Ward Briggs	Languages, Literature and Cultures
Art Cohen	Geological Sciences
Jed Lyons	Mechanical Engineering
David Reisman	Biological Sciences
2001-2002
Horacio Farach	Physics & Astronomy
Judith Kalb	Germanic, Slavic & East Asian Languages & Literature
Vance L. Kornegay	Journalism & Mass Communications
Dorothy K. Payne	Music
Douglas F. Williams	Marine & Geological Sciences
2000-2001
Bonnie L. Drewniany	Journalism
Milind N. Kunchur	Physics & Astronomy
Ronald W. Maris	Sociology
Stephen R. McNeill	Engineering
Catherine Murphy	Chemistry & Biochemistry
1999-2000
Bill Bearden	Darla Moore School of Business
Christopher Berg	Music
Sandra Kelly	Psychology
Gail Wagner	Anthropology
1998-1999
James S. Cutsinger	Religious Studies
Nina S. Levine	English
Harry J. Ploehn	Chemical Engineering
David P. Sumner	Mathematics
Vincent Van Brunt	Chemical Engineering
1997-1998
Michael D. Amiridis	Chemical Engineering
Thomas P. Cafferty	Psychology
Erik L. Collins	Journalism & Mass Communications
Scott R. Goode	Chemistry & Biochemistry
James W. Roberts	Mathematics
1996-1997
John Adams	Music
Ronald Atkinson	History
Chaden Djalali	Physics & Astronomy
Walter H. Peters, III	Mechanical Engineering
1995-1996
Berten Ely	Biology
Jamil Khan	Engineering
Reginald Bain	Music
Edward Beardsley	History
Richard Showman	Biology
1994-1995
David Cowart	English
Robert Jesselson	School of Music
Daniel Reger	Chemistry/Biochemsitry
Farid Sadik	College of Pharmacy
John Spurrier	Statistics
1993-1994
Cynthia Colbert	Art
Robert S. Coleman	Chemistry
Georgia J. Cowart	Music
Helen I. Doerpinghaus	Business Administration
Sandra Frick- Helms	Nursing
1992-1993
Bruce C. Coull	Marine Science
Lester A. Lefton	Psychology
Jerome D. Odom	Chemistry
Steven V. Mann	Business Administration
Peter H. Werner	Physical Education

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