Penn State Intercom......December 7, 2000

Nominations sought
for excellence award  

A call has gone out for nominations for the 2001 President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration.

The award honors faculty members who have exhibited extraordinary achievement in the integration of teaching and research or creative accomplishments, and service. It carries a prize of $3,000. The 2001 recipient will be recognized at the University Awards Program on March 26, 2001.

Nominations are being solicited from the academic deans and should include evidence of superior teaching (including student letters and evaluations), research or creative accomplishments and service to the University, public and/or profession. A curriculum vita and supporting letters, from professional colleagues internal and external to Penn State, should speak to the candidate's major achievements. Letters from the dean of the college and the department head, or other appropriate academic administrator, should speak to the candidate's ability to integrate all aspects of his or her academic life.

Nominations should be sent to Jeremy Cohen, chair of the selection committee for The President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration, 201 Old Main, University Park, Pa. 16802. Deadline is Jan. 8.

For more information, call Robert Secor at (814) 863-7494 or e-mail rxs2@psu.edu.

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