Provost Awards 

Provost Faculty Excellence Award

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.

Criteria for Award Nominees

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.

Source of Nominations

Nominations are to be made from the faculty member’s peers, chair, or dean. The nominee must prepare a portfolio to support the nomination.

Required Documentation

Nomination portfolios for these awards are limited to 8 pages. Each portfolio must be in a digital format to include the following information:

• A nomination letter from the nominating individual and two letters of support from colleagues qualified to comment on the nominee’s teaching, scholarship, or service.
• An abbreviated curriculum vita (2-3 pages).
• Any key documents that provide evidence of the nominee’s excellence in teaching and advising, scholarly or creative activity, and leadership or service (e.g. course evaluations, statement of teaching philosophy)

Eligibility

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

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.

Who can receive an award?

Any faculty member (full-time or adjunct) is eligible to be nominated (i.e. by another colleague) or to apply directly for these awards.

What are the award criteria?

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:

What is the process for applying or nominating a colleague?

The call for applications and nominations is now open. Please use the nomination form to apply for an award, or to nominate a colleague. 

Nomination Form

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.

What is the deadline?

To submit a nomination, please complete the “Nomination Form” by the deadline: 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2021.

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.

How will the award recipients be honored?

The recipients of each award will be announced during the Spring 2021 semester. This year the recipients will be honored at the Student Life and Leadership Awards ceremony on April 30.