Lisa Mitchell Bukstein Award
Purpose
Barry and Lisa Bukstein, through the Lisa Mitchell Charitable Foundation, provide
the College of Education with an annual gift to be used to assist junior faculty
members with their professional development. The purpose of this scholarship is to
provide a tenure-track assistant professor with funds to advance the educational
experience of the recipient.
Eligibility
All full-time, non-tenured faculty members in the College of Education who are in
tenure track positions and within their first four years in rank are eligible to be
considered for the scholarship.
Procedure
One candidate may be nominated from each academic department. Each nominated
candidate will then submit a proposal outlining the purposes and intended uses for
the grant funds if awarded.
Selection
The established College of Education Faculty Development Committee will convene
to review the proposals and to select the faculty member to receive the grant. This
award is announced each year at the annual COE Faculty Honors and Awards
Reception in April. The award is provided to the recipient in the fall.
Nomination
The nomination application consists of a brief (one or two pages) description of the
project to be conducted. Here is a suggested outline you may wish to follow:
1. Project Title
2. Project Significance - Why are you doing this project?
3. Narrative - What are the goals and activities for the project?
4. Assessment - How will you know you succeeded?
Revised 1/6/15