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The Faculty Senate is seeking nominations for the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Awards. These awards recognize exemplary faculty members within the University System of Maryland (USM) in the following categories: 

  • Teaching 
  • Scholarship or Research
  • Creative Activity
  • Public Service 
  • Mentoring 

Faculty Nominee Eligibility: 

  • The faculty member must be currently employed by a USM institution. 
  • The faculty member must have been a USM faculty member for at least five years. 
  • The faculty member must have been employed by a USM institution while making the outstanding contribution. 
  • The period of performance for Teaching; Scholarship or Research; Creative Activity; and Public Service categories will be the three-year period ending June 30, 2024. For a Mentoring award, the years of mentoring may exceed three years. 

Faculty who have won a Regents’ Faculty Award within the past three years are not eligible for the same award. 

Please submit your initial nomination packet containing the following documents to the Institutional Faculty Nomination Committee (IFNC) for review and consideration: 

  • A summary resume 
  • An essay describing how you have contributed to excellence in the category of the nomination (one page) 
  • A letter of recommendation from the department chairperson or dean (one page)
  • A brief documentation of the exemplary achievement for the category (one page) 

The initial packet may not exceed five pages, and must be submitted electronically to Celeste Gerhart and Qoot Alkhubaizi

Deadline extended: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, by close of business

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