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Board of Regents Faculty Awards

The Board of Regents Faculty Awards recognize excellence in teaching or research/creative/scholarly work by full-time, junior faculty members of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities.

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2022-23 Call for Nominations

On behalf of the Board of Regents and President Terrence Cheng, I am honored to invite nominations for campus-based and system-wide recognitions of excellence in teaching or research/creative/scholarly work by full-time, junior faculty members and part-time faculty members of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities.
Call for Nominations Letter Cover Sheet Template

Teaching Awards

The awards are given to recognize faculty who have distinguished themselves as outstanding teachers for at least five years and have a minimum of two years' track record of promoting instructional improvements for the programs/departments. Each CSU institution may nominate a campus-based awardee and a system-wide awardee may be chosen from this group. Each community college may nominate a campus-based awardee and a system-wide awardee may be chosen from this group. During each academic year, the Board of Regents might award up to 18 Teaching Awards.
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Research Awards

The awards are given to recognize faculty from the state universities who are doing exceptional research/creative work. Each CSU institution may nominate a campus-based awardee and a system-wide awardee may be chosen from this group. During each academic year, the Board of Regents might award up to 5 Research Awards.
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Scholarly Excellence Awards

The awards are given to recognize faculty at the community colleges who are doing exceptional scholarly work befitting the community college mission. Each community college may nominate a campus-based awardee and a system-wide awardee may be chosen from this group. During each academic year, the Board of Regents might award up to 13 Scholarly Excellence Awards.
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Adjunct Faculty Teaching Awards

The awards are given to recognize part-time faculty who have distinguished themselves as outstanding teachers with a track record of increasing student learning and promoting instructional improvements for the programs/departments. There are no campus-based awardees for this award. Each of the 17 CSCU institutions may elect to nominate a candidate for an adjunct faculty teaching award and from this pool two applicants might be selected to receive system-wide awards. During each academic year, the Board of Regents might award 2 Adjunct Faculty Teaching Awards.
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Although campus-based and system-wide awardees are not eligible to be nominated for an award over the course of the three subsequent years, non-award winning nominees from previous years may be nominated again in succeeding years.

Each institutional selection procedure will be developed and implemented under the leadership of the respective chief academic officer. Institutional nominations will be submitted electronically by its president to the Board of Regents through the office of the president or the chief academic officer. Nominations will be reviewed by selection committees that will make recommendations to the Board's Academic and Student Affairs Committee for its review and subsequent endorsement to the full Board for its approval.

Awards

Campus-Based Awards

Institution Awards
CCSU Teaching Research Adjunct Faculty*
Charter Oak Adjunct Faculty*
Asnuntuck Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Capital Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
ECSU Teaching Research Adjunct Faculty*
Gateway Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Housatonic Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Manchester Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Middlesex Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Naugatuck Valley Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Northwestern CT Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Norwalk Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Quinebaug Valley Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
SCSU Teaching Research Adjunct Faculty*
Three Rivers Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
Tunxis Teaching Scholarly Excellence Adjunct Faculty*
WCSU Teaching Research Adjunct Faculty*

*Nomination only

System-Wide Awards

System-Wide Teaching Awards
1 to a nominee of a CSU institution**
1 to a nominee of a CC institution**
System-Wide Research Awards
1 to a nominee of a CSU institution**
System-Wide Scholarly Excellence Awards
1 to a nominee of a CC institution**
Adjunct Faculty Teaching Awards
2 awards from the campus-based nominations

**to be selected from the respective campus-based nominations - the presumptive campus-based award recipients