Distinguished Teaching Awards

Established in 1953, the Distinguished Teaching Awards honor exemplary achievements in teaching and recognize some of the university’s finest educators. The awards are open to any tenure-track or tenured faculty members, regardless of specialty or rank.

Annual Deadline: November 15

How to Nominate:

Review the nominating procedures.
Submit the nomination using the form below. If the nomination is a re-submittal, please update the student teaching evaluations with the most recent information and consider new or updated letters from students and colleagues. Please note that late and incomplete nominations will not be accepted.

Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination Form

The nomination highlights excellence in the following (check all that apply):(Required)

In addition to the teaching box already checked, please indicate if the nomination highlights excellence in any additional areas. Please note that the number of boxes checked does not affect the strength of the nomination but assists the committee in identifying potential nominees for specific awards.

Teaching

Applied or experiential (e.g., clinical, community-based learning, study abroad)

Diversity and inclusion

Innovation

Outreach

Faculty Nominee Information

Name(Required)

First Name Last Name

Title(Required)

School/College(Required)

Department(Required)

Department Chair Name(Required)

Year Faculty Appointment Began(Required)

Number of Years Nominee Has Taught on the UW–Madison Campus(Required)

Courses taught by nominee in past three years:(Required)

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Course no.

Course title

If team taught, proportion of course taught by nominee

Semester and year

Approximate number of students

Nominator Information

Name(Required)

First Name Last Name

Title(Required)

Email(Required)

School/College(Required)

Department

I confirm that the nomination packet contains all required information(Required)

Please check here for the requirements.

Yes

Please submit the nomination as a single .pdf.(Required)

Max. file size: 24 MB.

Comments

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