Each of the four undergraduate award winners will receive $2,500. The awards recognize and reward excellence in undergraduate teaching on the Columbia campus.

The deadline for nominations for the undergraduate awards is Dec. 10. Nominees will be notified and asked to provide specific information by Feb. 4, 2005. Winners will be recommended by the University Faculty Committee on Instructional Development under the supervision of Provost Becker, who will make the final selection for the awards.

The graduate teaching award, which carries a prize of $2,500, recognizes and rewards excellence in graduate teaching on the Columbia campus. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 28, 2005. Nominees will be notified and asked to provide specific information by Feb. 25, 2005. Winners will be recommended by the University Faculty Committee on Instructional Development under the supervision of Provost Becker, who will make the final selection for the awards.

All awards are open to all full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty who teach undergraduate or graduate students, including faculty who are candidates for or who have already received other teaching awards. Nominations may be made by students, faculty, department chairs, and deans.

Send nominations to:

Karl G. Heider, associate provost and dean of undergraduate studies, Office of the Provost, Osborne Administration Building, Suite 102; e-mail at Heiderk@gwm.sc.edu; or fax at 7-9502.

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