The Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee invites nominations of faculty members for UW–Madison distinguished teaching awards. These awards recognize exemplary achievements in teaching.
The UW–Madison faculty distinguished teaching awards are open to any tenure-track or tenured faculty members, regardless of specialty or rank:
- Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award: excellence in teaching (5 awarded)
- Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Teaching Award: achievements in diversity and inclusion (2 awarded)
- Chancellor’s Teaching Innovation Award: innovation in approaches to learning
- William H. Kiekhofer Teaching Award: College of Letters and Science assistant or associate professor, excellence in teaching
- Emil H. Steiger Teaching Award: junior faculty member, excellence in teaching
- Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award: excellence in outreach teaching
- Wisconsin Idea Teaching Award: meaningful engagement in applied or experiential teaching (formerly the Excellence in Community-Based Learning Teaching Award, this award has been renamed and broadened to include more non-traditional teaching areas)
Please note that the call for UW System regents teaching excellence awards will be sent separately, at a later date.
To ensure that all nominations receive equal consideration, please adhere to the faculty distinguished teaching award nominating procedures. It is not necessary to nominate a faculty member for a specific award; the Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee will determine which nominations meet each award criteria.
Please submit each nomination as a single PDF file to the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty at admin@secfac.wisc.edu by November 15, 2024. Please note that late and incomplete nominations will not be accepted.
2024-25 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDS COMMITTEE
Nicole Borras, Student
Irena Knezevic, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Charles Lauhon, Pharmacy
Lori Lopez, Asian American Studies and Communication Arts
Evan Polman, Business
Rachel Maina, Student
Michel Wattiaux, Animal & Dairy Sciences
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