The Faculty Achievement Awards honor outstanding performance by EVMS faculty and will be presented at the 2021 EVMS Faculty and Staff Virtual Awards Ceremony.
Procedure
The awards are presented in seven categories; find descriptions of each award below. When you are ready, fill out the Faculty and Educational Excellence Award Nomination Form. Be sure to have all of your required documentation accessible before beginning the nomination process. You will receive a confirmation email once complete.
Documentation
- an updated curriculum vitae
- a letter of nomination not to exceed one-page (or statement for the Educational Excellence Awards) describing the accomplishments of the nominee
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up to two one-page (not to exceed one-page) letters from colleagues, peers or others in support of the nomination
Resubmission
If you submitted a nomination last year which was not selected for an award, you may resubmit for one additional cycle using letters of support from the prior year - the exception being the Rising Star Award, which requires a new submission. All resubmissions require 2 items: (1) an updated CV and (2) an updated nominator's letter (to include a description of what the nominee has done over the past 12 months). All other resubmissions, which are outside of this timeframe, require a new submission with new documentation.
Deadline
Nominations are being accepted through Friday, October 1, 2021. Nominations will NOT be accepted after this date.
Awards
- Rising Star Award
- Philanthropy Champion Award
- Award for Community Service
- Award for Mentoring
- Fine Family Academy of Educators Awards for Educational Excellence
- Award for Excellence
- Award for Outstanding Achievement
Rising Star Award (QTY. 2)
This award recognizes up to two exceptional faculty members who:
- Demonstrate commitment to the profession and to the school's mission, vision and values.
- As applicable to the focus of the faculty member's work:
- Receive outstanding evaluations for teaching performance and/or clinical supervision of medical/graduate students or residents/fellows.
- Establish a recognized research program evidenced by extramural funding, invited presentations, abstracts and publications.
- Make significant improvements to clinical care or to a clinical program.
- Contribute in a major way to committees and/or administrative functions affecting the mission, goals and welfare of EVMS.
- Seek opportunity to improve or gain new skills.
Philanthropy Champion Award (QTY. 1)
Presented on behalf of EVMS Development and Alumni Relations, this award recognizes a faculty member for his/her commitment to the EVMS Foundation, who acts as an ambassador and assists EVMS in communicating with donors about the mission/programs of the institution. This award recognizes faculty members who:
- Demonstrate commitment to the profession and to the school's mission, vision and values.
- Volunteer in leadership fundraising activities for the EVMS Foundation.
- Support the EVMS Foundation with a monetary donation.
- Refer grateful patients and/or prospective donors to EVMS Development and Alumni Relations.
- Participate in meetings with prospective and/or current donors (participation includes tours, presentations, support with donor proposals, and/or meeting with donors.)
Award for Community Service (QTY. 1)
The Award for Community Service recognizes the importance of sustained contributions to the external community that create connections with EVMS. The award recognizes a faculty member who is exemplary in his or her professional service outside the institution, providing leadership and making contributions to the wider community. Service to nonprofit, philanthropic, public service, and communitarian entities, and/or leading critical and valuable community initiatives, are some examples of desired involvement. This award recognizes faculty members who:
- Demonstrate commitment to the profession and to the school's mission, vision and values.
- Demonstrate a sustained effort in community outreach and professional service.
- Utilize imaginative or innovative approaches to service.
- Serve as a community service model to staff, students and colleagues.
- Present evidence of the success of the service provided to the wider community through scholarly output, community impact including charitable or philanthropic contributions, and/or student learning.
Award for Mentoring (QTY. 1)
This award recognizes an EVMS faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to and involvement in the mentoring of junior faculty/students/residents/fellows and who has enhanced their career development through mentoring, and serving as a professional role model. This award recognizes faculty members who:
- Demonstrate commitment to the profession and to the school's mission, vision and values.
- Mentor junior faculty/students/residents/fellows to promote their professional development.
- Offer sound counsel and valuable information to their mentees in order to advance and develop the mentee's own path to academic and professional success.
- Generously share their valuable time to be accessible to their mentees.
- Impart guidance and expertise in encouraging and critiquing the mentee's research, teaching, and/or scholarly works.
- Involve peers and mentees in publications, grants and conferences, as well as readily share knowledge of such opportunities.
- Encourage and include mentees in networking activities with other professionals.
- Promote and make others aware of the contributions and value of their mentees.
- Display evidence of mentees completing their defined projects (e.g., grants, publications, promotional goals).
- Serve as role models for their colleagues by maintaining high standards for excellence with their own discipline and the greater institution.
- Are recognized scholars with demonstrated success in their own area of expertise.
This award recognizes more the quality and outcomes of the mentoring relationship, and outputs achieved rather than simply the number of students mentored.
Fine Family Academy of Educators Awards for Educational Excellence
The Fine Family Academy of Educators Awards for Educational Excellence are designed to recognize and celebrate our outstanding educators and acknowledge achievements in education. To learn more about the Academy and membership, visit www.evms.edu/academyofeducators.
These awards are presented in three categories; view the award descriptions below. Nominations can be submitted by individual faculty or staff members (including supervisors, direct reports and peers of the nominees). Self-nominations will also be accepted.
When you are ready, fill out the Faculty and Educational Excellence Award Nomination Form. Be sure to have all of your required documentation accessible before beginning the nomination process. You will receive a confirmation email once complete.
Award for Educational Innovation in Curriculum Development, Teaching, or Assessment (QTY. 1)
- Clear goals
- Adequate preparation
- Appropriate methods
- Significant results
- Effective presentation
Award for Educational Leadership (QTY. 1)
- Title of the project
- Year implemented
- Describe the need, problem or opportunity
- Rationale for change or innovation
- Goals
- Leadership role(s)
- Specific contribution or impact
- Target audience
- Connection to prior work, literature and best practices
Award for Educational Scholarship (QTY. 1)
- Scholarship of Discovery: This research contributes to the knowledge and the intellectual climate, and focuses not only on outcomes but the process.
- Scholarship of Integration: Work which makes connections across disciplines, seeks to interpret, draw together, and bring new insight to bear on original research.
- Scholarship of Application: Considers how scholarly investigation and knowledge can be applied to identify problems/issues.
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Link between educational theory and knowledge and application to teaching practice. For example, teaching which stimulates active learning and encourages critical, creative thinking.
Nominating statement should provide details, not to exceed two pages, of a best representation of educational scholarship using the following criteria as a guide:
- Title of study/project
- Purpose
- Preparation (e.g., links with prior work, best practices or literature)
- Problem, issue or opportunity
- Research design
- Results/outcomes/impact
- Impact value to the institution
- Nominee's role
Award for Excellence (QTY. 4)
This award recognizes up to four EVMS faculty members who excel in their work and consistently perform beyond expectations in more than one of the mission areas: teaching, research/discovery, clinical care, administrative service. This award recognizes faculty members who:
- Demonstrate commitment to the profession and to the school's mission, vision and values and its strategic plan.
- Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism.
- Has served as an inspiration and role model to the EVMS community.
- Surpass performance requirements of his/her position with distinction and merit and has achieved an exceptional record of continued extraordinary productivity (creative activities or research productivity).
- Promote or improve the image of EVMS.
Award for Outstanding Achievement (QTY. 1)
The Award for Outstanding Achievement is the institution's highest honor and is presented to an EVMS full-time faculty member whose achievements exemplify EVMS' mission. This faculty member:
- Demonstrates commitment to the profession and to the school's mission, vision and values.
- Demonstrates leadership, accomplishment and recognition in these areas of endeavor.
- Demonstrates outstanding reliability and cooperation.
- Encourage others to support and work towards the public good through innovative initiatives.
- Exemplifies outstanding conduct and exceeds expectations in the performance of duties over multiple years of service.
- Exemplifies EVMS' core values at a superior level, continually fostering pride within EVMS.
Award Selection Committee
The 2021 Faculty Award Selection Committee, comprised of previous award recipients and other EVMS employees, will evaluate the nominations of eligible nominees and select the 2021 recipients. The Faculty Award Selection Committee, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to determine that an award not be bestowed in a given year. This might occur if there are no nominations submitted in an award category, or if it is determined that the nominations submitted in an award category do not meet the award's criteria or eligibility requirements.