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Formerly known as the PRIDE Award (Provost’s Research, Instruction and Development for Excellence Award), the Provost Faculty Excellence Award is chosen from nominees from each of the five colleges.
2019-2020 PRIDE Award Recipient & Recipient of The Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education for Southeast Missouri State University
Dr. Willie Redmond, Professor of Economics, Director of International Business Programs
Distinguished faculty performance, evidenced by teaching, scholarly or creative activity and professional-related service. Each college will nominate a faculty member for the Provost Faculty Excellence Award. The candidates must be at the level of full professor to be considered for this prestigious award.
Nominations are to be made from the faculty member’s peers, chair, or dean. The nominee must prepare a portfolio to support the nomination.
Nomination portfolios for these awards are limited to 8 pages. Each portfolio must be in a digital format to include the following information:
The candidates must be a full professor employed at the University full time, for a minimum of 5 years, to be eligible for this award. This award is a culmination of activities (teaching, scholarly or creative activity and professional-related service) over the duration of the faculty members career that includes, but is not limited to, their activities Southeast Missouri State University. Nomination materials be submitted by email to the Office of the Provost by the deans for consideration by November 2. Please send materials to jreichert@semo.edu.
Provost Awards for Teaching Excellence recognize faculty who have demonstrated a commitment to exceptional teaching and student success. Multiple awards are available each year across a range of categories.
2019-2020 Faculty Honorees
Congratulations to this year's recipients!
Click the links beside each name to watch the video announcements for each honoree.
EXCELLENCE IN FLEXIBLE TEACHING AND LEARNING INNOVATION AWARD
Dr. Leisa Marshall – Video Announcement
Harrison College of Business and Computing: Department of Accounting, Economics, and
Finance
EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING AWARD
Dr. Susan Fulton – Video Announcement
College of Education, Health, and Human Studies: Department of Communication Disorders
EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTING ENGAGED LEARNING AWARD
Dr. Joni Hand – Video Announcement
Holland College of Arts and Media: Department of Art and Design
EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS AWARD
Mr. Bart Williams – Video Announcement
Holland College of Arts and Media: Department of Theatre and Dance
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING GENERAL EDUCATION AWARD
Dr. David Cunningham – Video Announcement
College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Department of Chemistry
and Physics
EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORTING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD
Dr. William Weber – Video Announcement
Harrison College of Business and Computing: Department of Accounting, Economics, and
Finance
EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORTING GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD
Dr. Dustin Siegel – Video Announcement
College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Department of Biology
Any faculty member (full-time or adjunct) is eligible to be nominated (i.e. by another colleague) or to apply directly for these awards.
The applications/nominations will be evaluated against the following criteria for each award category, based on the letter of support and their supervisor's endorsement:
The call for applications and nominations is now open. Please use the nomination form to apply for an award, or to nominate a colleague.
Applications must be accompanied by a letter of support by the nominator or applicant. The letter should be no longer than two pages, and it should contain specific examples and other detailed information to support your nomination/application. The letter may be uploaded with the nomination form, or entered into the appropriate text box on the form.
Support from supervisors: In addition to the letter of support provided by the nominator/applicant, the evaluation team will be in touch with supervisors of the nominee/applicant to get a verbal or written endorsement for each candidate. This does not need to be included with this submission.
To submit a nomination, please complete the “Nomination Form” by the deadline: 5:00pm Friday, March 27, 2020.
The nomination form may also be used to nominate students and faculty for the Student Life and Leadership Awards. For more information on the other awards on the nomination form visit Campus Life - Student LIfe and Leadership Awards.
The recipients of each award will be announced during the Spring 2020 semester. This year the recipients will be honored at the Student Life and Leadership Awards ceremony in May.
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