Distinguished Faculty Service Award

1. Includes all full-time UMN Crookston faculty that have completed three or more (3+) years of service prior to nomination of the award.
2. Nominations will be accepted from UMN Crookston students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
3. Previous recipients are eligible after five (5) years have passed from the last time the award was received.
4. Files of unsuccessful nominees will remain active for two (2) additional years for later consideration. These files are encouraged to be updated during this time period.

Any award nominee information put forward to be considered by the voting committee members should be evaluated based on the nominee’s time at UMN Crookston. If the nominee has received the award in the past, then only the previous five (5) years should be used as an evaluation timeline (as stated in eligibility requirements).  

1. Service to UMN Crookston students
   1.  Academic Advising
   2. Student club and/or organization advising
   3. Mentorship in research or other scholarly activity
   4. Facilitating service-learning opportunities
2. Service to the department, campus, and University
   1. Departmental, campus-level, or university-wide committee membership, including position(s) (e.g. member, chair)
   2. Involvement in department, campus, or University event programming
3. Service to the profession
   1. Service in professional organizations or clubs
   2. Involvement in planning, organizing, or participating in professional meetings (This does not include presenting original scholarly material at conferences.)
   3. Involvement in reviewing or editing professional publications, books, textbooks, etc.
4. Service to the community
   1. Involvement in local, regional, state, national, or international entities not related to the candidate’s profession

Nominations should include the following information, which can be uploaded to the appropriate Google Drive folder.

1. Letter of nomination (submitted by the nominator) summarizing the nominee’s qualifications as they relate to the Evaluation Criteria.
2. Vitae with:
   1. Departmental, collegiate, and university committee involvement
   2. Advising assignments
   3. Service commitments related to the nominee’s profession
   4. Community service
   5. Courses taught
   6. Publication record
3. A philosophy of service statement written by the candidate in which they have an opportunity to describe their philosophy towards service and/or elaborate on some of their activities stated in their vitae.
4. Two to four (2 minimum, 4 maximum) letters of support that address pertinent items listed under Evaluation Criteria. Letters should be from individuals representing groups or organizations who are benefiting from the nominee’s service.

Note: Letters of support need to be solicited by an individual other than the nominee (e.g., nominator).

Review of all nominations and selection of the Distinguished Service Award recipient is the responsibility of the Faculty Awards Committee.