The award for distinguished service is available to recognize outstanding faculty performance at UM-Flint. Carrying a stipend of $1,000, this award may be made to full-time lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors, or full professors. This honor need not be awarded every year.

Eligibility

Full-time faculty members who have been with the University for a minimum of three years are eligible to be nominated.

An individual would normally be excluded from consideration for this award for any of the following reasons:
 

• He/she holds a continuing administrative or non-teaching appointment of one third or more.
• He/she holds an administrative appointment above the level of department chair.
• He/she is the David M. French Professor.
• He/she is a current member of the SASE.
• He/she has received this award within the past five years.

Nominations

Nominations may be made by faculty, staff, or students and should be submitted to the SASE Committee, c/o Provost's Office, 229 University Pavilion. The letter of nomination is due on January 20, 2006. Other supporting documents must be submitted on February 24, 2006.

Required Supporting Documentation (in addition to letter from nominator)

• Nominee's vita.
• Letter of support from appropriate department chair (dean in the case of SOM, director in the case of SHPS).
   

Evidence of one or more of the following:
 

• Significant service in on-campus and/or university-wide activity of importance.
• Significant service in local off-campus activity in ways that are related to professional competence.
• Significant leadership activity in professional associations at regional, state, and/or national levels.
• Documentation concerning the quality of the service.
• A brief statement by the nominee addressing his/her involvement in these activities, clarifying the role of specific services performed.
• Copies of any materials produced by the candidate as a result of carrying out the services.
• Up to five letters from colleagues, agencies in the community, or other outside professional organizations that help to indicate the type and quality of service performed.