COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION
OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARD NOMINATION
Nominating student: Please print and complete this form in its entirety. Incomplete forms may not be
considered.
Your Name _________________________________________ Banner ID ________________________
Nominee (Instructor) ___________________________________________________________________
CCI School ____________________________________________________________________________
The nominee can be a full-time non-tenure track or part-time faculty member with five or more years of
teaching experience in one of the CCI schools and NOT a graduate assistant. He/she must teach for one
of the College of Communication and Information schools: Communication Studies, Library and
Information Science, Journalism and Mass Communication or Visual Communication Design.
Turn in to: Dean’s Office, College of Communication and Information, Rm. 131 Moulton Hall, Attn: Outstanding
Teaching Awards or e-mail submissions to ccikent@kent.edu, Subject: Outstanding Teaching Awards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The selection by the College Advisory Council will be based on the quality of nominations, not on the number of nominations
received; this award is for teaching excellence, not popularity. Please be honest and accurate. Give specific examples where
possible. All nominations will be held in the strictest confidence. To ensure fairness, evaluators will not see the names of the
nominees. To help in this process, please list the nominee’s name only at the top of this form. Within the body of the
nomination, be non-specific (i.e., he, she, Prof. X, Mr. X, Ms. X). Thank you!
Please answer ALL of the following questions. Give concrete examples to support your answers when
necessary.
1. What are the characteristics of this teacher which make you consider him/her to be an
outstanding teacher?
2. Does the nominee take an interest in students and help beyond the classroom? Explain.
3. Does the nominee stimulate students’ thinking inside and outside the classroom? How?
4. Would you recommend the nominee to other students? Why?
5. Rate the nominee’s knowledge of the field (1 being the lowest, 5 the highest).
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6. Rate the nominee’s organization and presentation of course materials (1 being the lowest, 5 the
highest).
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7. Rate the nominee’s ability to arouse interest in course materials (1 being the lowest, 5 the
highest).
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8. Rate the nominee’s resourcefulness in teaching (1 being the lowest, 5 the highest).
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9. Additional comments:
Thank you!
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