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April 5, 2011

 

 

DISTINGUISHED TEACHER HONOR
  

DESCRIPTION:

The Distinguished Teacher Honor recognizes persons whose teaching stands out as exemplary, innovative, of impact, or any combination thereof. The Distinguished Teacher Honoree will provide a highlighted teaching workshop at the annual meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE). Self-nominations are not permitted.

Note: Those Nominated must be willing and able to attend the 2012 AGHE Annual Meeting in the the Greater Washington DC area and present a teaching workshop during the meeting.

ELIGIBILITY: 

Full-time faculty members at an AGHE affiliated institution with a minimum of five years of teaching experience are eligible to be nominated for this award.

NECESSARY SUPPORT MATERIALS:

The Nominator is responsible for submitting:

1. Letter of Nomination: The letter should address the purpose and qualifications of the Distinguished Teacher Nominee. The letter should emphasize teaching, rather than research, professional activity, or public service (unless those activities bear directly on teaching excellence). Maximum: 2 pages.

2. Letters of Support: A minimum of two letters of support should be collected from colleagues of the Distinguished Teacher Nominee (within and/or outside his/her current institution; current and/or past undergraduate and/or graduate students; and/or representatives of the institutional administration). Maximum: 2 pages each.

3. Biographical Sketch of the Distinguished Teacher Nominee. Maximum: 3 pages. (Full vita will not be accepted.)

The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2012 Distinguished Teacher Honor is Monday, May 2, 2011.
 
Only e-mail submissions in .pdf format are accepted.  Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. 
 
Please e-mail completed nomination packets to:

Bert Waters, M.S.
AGHE Faculty Development Chair
lhwaters@vcu.edu

 


 

 

2011 Distinguished Teachers
 
Eleanor Covan, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina Wilmington
 
Mary B. Ligon, Ph.D.
York College of Pennsylvania

 

2010 Distinguished Teachers
 
Karen A. Hooker, Ph.D.
Oregon State University
 
Rona J. Karasik, Ph.D.
Saint Cloud State University

 

2009 Distinguished Teachers

Laura K. Donorfio, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut

Karen F. Kopera-Frye, Ph.D.
University of Nevada, Reno

 

2008 Distinguished Teachers

Dana Burr Bradley, Ph.D.
Western Kentucky University

E. Ayn Welleford, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University

 

2007 Distinguished Teachers

Robert M. Beland, Ph.D.
University of Florida

Darlene Yee-Melichar, Ed.D.
San Francisco State University