The Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation is an annual award sponsored by the Office of the Provost. The award honors the University of South Carolina’s most exceptional faculty who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to best teaching practices and an ongoing record of developing innovative strategies to enhance student learning in their courses.
Just as the Breakthrough Awards recognize the importance of innovative research to the university, the Garnet Apple Award demonstrates the university’s promise to deliver the most successful current developments in teaching and learning to our students. Up to six full-time faculty members from the Columbia and Palmetto College campuses receive this award each year. Garnet Apple winners are nominated and reviewed by their peers.
Garnet Apple recipients will be awarded the Garnet Apple at the 2023 Oktoberbest Symposium and be invited to showcase their teaching innovations to the university community.
Nominate a Colleague
Do you have a colleague who successfully adapts and builds upon cutting-edge best teaching practices in their courses? Do you know a faculty member who is highly creative and effective in developing new course materials, classroom methods or pedagogical approaches? Please consider nominating them for the Garnet Apple Award.