For the most recent application instructions for the following awards, contact teaching@nmsu.edu
Truly Innovative Teaching Award
The Truly Innovative Teaching Award was established in 2014 in memory of Harry and Jenny Truly by Elise “Pookie” and Michael Sautter. The Truly Innovative Teaching Award honors an instructor (full- or part-time faculty, staff, or graduate student) who has made an innovation in teaching that has positively impacted student attitude, motivation, or learning. Your innovation can be unique to you or can be an application of someone else’s innovation. This innovation must also have some connection to the Teaching Academy, i.e., you learned about it here or you gave a workshop about it here. The winner is chosen by the Teaching Academy Advisory Board. The award comes with $1,000 and a glass art trophy.
Outstanding Mentor Award
The Outstanding Mentor Award honors a mentor of faculty who embodies both the letter and spirit of mentoring. The mentor must have participated in the Teaching Academy’s Team Mentoring program with the protégé. The person or persons nominating the candidate must be either a current or former protégé of the candidate in that program. The winner is chosen by the Teaching Academy Advisory Board. The award comes with $1,000 and a glass art trophy.
Outstanding Workshop Award
The Outstanding Workshop Award honors the faculty member, staff, or graduate student who presented the highest rated workshop at the Teaching Academy in the previous calendar year alone or in a pair. The award comes with $1,000 and a glass art trophy for one presenter, or two $500 stipends and two glass art trophies for two presenters.
