Michael J. Mungo Graduate 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 12, 2008. 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 for graduate students; instructional materials developed for graduate students
2. Advisement and career counseling such as development of advisement materials; examples of assistance to students in job placement
3. Supervision of graduate thesis, portfolios, and dissertations; nature and quality of the student performance; nature and quality of the outcomes of the products, to include examples of papers published with students
4. Mentoring of graduate students, excerpts from letters from those whom the candidate has helped (e.g. students, employers, faculty at other institutions, or others); descriptions of support offered
5. Instructional material developed regarding graduate teaching
6. Delivery of instruction such as syllabi; course requirements and assessment approaches
7. Evaluation of student learning such as student generated products; examples of completed assignments
8. Awards or other recognition for graduate teaching

Submission Deadline:

Nominee's files are due to the Office of the Provost by February 1, 2009. The selection committee will make a recommendation to the Provost, who will select the winner. The winner will be announced at the spring General Faculty Meeting.

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Information about the Award

THE AWARD

1. The award will be presented annually from among the University of South Carolina's Columbia Campus faculty who teach graduate courses.

2. The award will be in the amount of $2,500.

3. The award will be made at the Spring General Faculty Meeting.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Nominees must be full-time tenured or tenured track faculty who teach graduate courses.

2. Previous Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award recipients are not eligible for the award. Recipients of other teaching awards at the University of South Carolina are eligible for nomination.

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Award Recipients

2006-2007
Edsel Pena	Statistics
2005-2006
Manoj Malhotra	Business
2004-2005
Lawrence Glickman	History
2003-2004
Michael Amiridis	Chemical Engineering
Chaden Djalali	Physics and Astronomy
Victor Giurgiutiu	Mechanical Engineering
2002-2003
Christina Friend	English
Ted Moore	Business
Dan Reger	Chemistry/Biochemistry
2001-2002
Ann Kingsolver	Anthropology
Carolyn Matalene	English
William J. (Joe) Padgett	Statistics

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