2015 DISTINGUISHED HONORS FACULTY AWARD NOMINATION FORM
You are invited to nominate an outstanding Honors faculty member for the 2015 Distinguished Honors
Faculty Award.
The Distinguished Honors Faculty Award recognizes excellence in Honors teaching based upon years of
service, advising of independent work, and a proven record of strong teaching performance. Please
review the eligibility requirements before completing a nomination form.
ELIGIBLITY
All faculty members who have taught a minimum of three Honors courses or supervised Individual
Honors Work or Senior Honors Theses or Projects are eligible for consideration, including part-time
temporary instructors and Honors faculty from Regional Campuses. Previous Distinguished Honors
Faculty Award recipients are not eligible.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The selection committee, composed of the Honors College Dean and Honors College Policy Council
members, tends to place emphasis on quality rather than the quantity of nominations.
We are looking for Honors faculty who: demonstrate a passion for the discipline; demonstrate thorough
knowledge of their subject matter including recent developments in their field; teach effectively, inspire
enthusiasm for learning, arouse curiosity, and stimulate independent and critical thinking; utilize active
learning and productive discussion techniques in addition to lecture; enjoy challenge from students and
seeing students as having interesting points of view; demonstrate skill at showing students the subject
matter affects them as people; and, create community in the classroom
PREVIOUS AWARD RECIPIENTS
Deborah Barnbaum, Philosophy
Denzel Benson, Sociology
Daniel Berardinelli, English
David Ewbank, English
Surinder Bhardwaj, Geography
Rathindra Bose, Chemistry
Paul Brandt, English
Richard Craig, Political Science
James Delisle, Education
Allan Dooley, Education
Jean Druesedow, Fashion
Don-John Dugas, English
Edwin Gould, Chemistry
Return signed form by March 5 to:
Leslie Heaphy, History
Tom Hensley, History
Clyde Jentoft, English
Ruth Ludwick, Nursing
Christina McVay, English
E.Timothy Moore, Pan-African Studies
Denny Nygren, Music
Donald Palmer, Geology
Susan Sainato, English
Bobby Smith, English
Trudy Steurernagel, Political Science
Kimberly Todd-White, English
Kimberly Winebrenner, English
Barbara Yoost, Nursing
Honors College
Kent State University
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242
NOMINEE INFORMATION
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Name of Nominee
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Department
Please tell us why you are nominating this faculty member for the Distinguished Honors Faculty
Award, addressing items related to the selection criteria. You may attach additional pages.
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NOMINATOR INFORMATION
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Name
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Kent State Email Address
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Signature
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Date
Return signed form by March 5 to:
Honors College
Kent State University
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242