Faculty and Staff Awards

UC Blue Ash College has a strong tradition of recognizing and celebrating faculty excellence. Both full-time and adjunct faculty are recognized for their contributions to student success and over the years new award categories have been added to applaud faculty for their pedagogical innovation, exemplary scholarship and outstanding service. Every year in spring, awardees are honored at the College Distinguished Awards ceremony.

The UC Blue Ash College Teaching Awards honor faculty, both full-time and part-time, who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the College through teaching. Please consider nominating a colleague this year. The criteria for the award are summarized below.

The award is based on:

• Post-tenure contributions to student learning, care and engagement of students, and service related to perpetuating good teaching
• Candidates will be tenured faculty members

The award is based on:

• Implementing innovative techniques that positively affect student learning
• Contributing to the scholarship of teaching and learning
• Candidates can be any full-time faculty member, having taught at UCBA for at least two years

The award is based on:

• Exemplary contributions to the classroom, effective techniques that improve student learning, and engagement in the college and/or their discipline

The UC Blue Ash College Outstanding Faculty Service Awards honors faculty who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the College through service. Please consider nominating a colleague this year. The criteria for the award are summarized below.

The award is based on:

• Contributions to service that have a significant positive effect on the college and are professionally relevant to the college and/or community. Faculty who contribute their professional talents and expertise to support the college's mission of serving the community and developing active partnerships with community groups should be recognized. Service on department and college committees that improve the internal functioning of the college should also be acknowledged.
• Substantial evidence of a commitment to service as opposed to a onetime event as well as recent and/or current involvement in service activities.
• Candidates can be any full-time faculty member that has taught at UCBA for at least two years.

The UC Blue Ash College Exemplary Scholarship Award honors faculty who have demonstrated via discipline specific research, creative works, and/or the scholarship of teaching and learning. Please consider nominating a colleague this year. The criteria for the award are summarized below. Full details, including the procedure for nomination and submission process, can be found in the Faculty Handbook. The Dean's office will send out a call for nominations each fall, including a due date. Each award winner will receive $1500, a plaque, and recognition at the College Distinguished Awards Ceremony.

The award is based on:

• Conducting significant scholarly and/or creative work that informs a specific discipline or the scholarship of teaching and learning.
• Contributing to the public discourse through publication and/or presentation.
• Candidates can be any full-time faculty member, having taught at UCBA for at least two years.

• Learning + Teaching Center

Brenda Refaei, Ed.D.
Co-Director, UCBA L+TC
513-936-7164
brenda.refaei@uc.edu

Joseph Baumgartner, Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCBA L+TC
513-558-7942
baumgajp@ucmail.uc.edu

Meg Anderson, MS, BBA
Associate to the Dean
513-558-9495
meg.anderson@uc.edu