General Eligibility

Nominees must meet the general eligibility requirements to be considered.

• Eligible faculty must be in at least their third academic year of service at Seton Hall.
• For the full-time faculty awards Eligible faculty must have taught at least 100 students and (ordinarily) at least two different course preparations in the previous academic year at Seton Hall. Exceptions to the two-preparation requirement may be granted with justification.
• For the adjunct faculty award, all adjunct faculty who have taught at least 100 students are eligible, with no requirement of different preparations.  

Past college winners may be are eligible, including those who previously won the University-wide awards. However, anyone who has won the University-wide honor within the last five years is not eligible for the University-wide honor this year.

Deans should indicate when they intend to notify their winners that they have been awarded the College level awards.

Awardees are colleagues who are well-rounded and have made a significant impact in scholarship, teaching and/or service. 

Nomination process

Nominations are collected through a nomination form and will be sent directly to the respective dean. Each dean should designate a faculty committee, who will receive the nominations and review applications from their unit. These committees may reach out to nominees for additional material as per the individual award criteria on the Faculty Excellence website. The committee will then send their recommendations to the Dean as a ranked-ordered list.

Applications for University-wide awards

The complete application should be submitted to Assistant Provost for Academic Excellence and Assessment Sona Patel from the Dean, including all required materials outlined below and on individual program pages. Provide the following: 

• Entire teaching load with credits for the previous academic year;
• Some documentation useful to the Dean to demonstrate the candidate’s strength in teaching, which could be exemplary student course evaluations, a recent student nomination letter, information about a teaching innovation, or a peer evaluation based on classroom observation. The documentation should include the teaching evaluations for at least one class;
• Highlights of significant scholarship for the previous academic year;
• Highlights of significant service for the previous academic year.  It should be clearly noted if the faculty member is compensated for this service by pay, release or both. Deans may include a recommendation from a colleague on a committee or working group describing the candidate’s service;
• Please provide the hometown of all your nominees for publicity purposes.

Scholarship material and service information is not needed for adjunct candidates.

Program specific criteria is detailed on the programs page.

Researcher of the Year | Teacher of the Year | Adjunct of the Year | Excellence and Innovation in Teaching 21st-Century Skills | Excellence in Service-Learning

Timeline

January 26: Last day to submit Nomination Form 

February 6: Deans shall determine college awardees through their school-wide process that includes consideration of materials submitted via the Nomination Form. Deans should report their college awardees to the Assistant Provost for Academic Excellence and Assessment. Deans are encouraged to invite nominations from departments as appropriate and may decide to set a pre-deadline for these nominations. Nominations for adjunct faculty should be submitted by full-time faculty colleagues.  

February 10: Separate committees will be constituted in early February to select winners for a) the University-wide Researcher of the Year, b) the University-wide Teacher and Adjunct of the Year awards, c) The Excellence in Service Learning and Excellence in Teaching 21st Century Skills.

February 28: The committees will submit the names of the University-wide winners to the Office of the Provost. 

TBA: Annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence Reception