Provost Faculty and Staff Awards
Help nominate USF's experienced and emerging leaders for the following Faculty and Staff Awards. Nominations are due by 3:00 pm on Friday, March 24, 2023 unless noted otherwise. If you have questions about the awards, please contact Nathan Tregarvan, Senior Assistant to the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Academic Innovation Award
The Academic Innovation Award was created by the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs in order to recognize and celebrate one or more faculty, librarians and/or staff who have discovered and implemented innovative ways of serving students, and/or advancing a more just, humane and sustainable world. Eligible projects may include academic and co-curricular programs, administrative systems, new technologies, start ups and research discoveries.
Outstanding Teamwork in Advancing the University’s Strategic Plan
The Outstanding Teamwork in Advancing the University’s Strategic Plan Award was created by the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs in order to recognize and honor a team of faculty, librarians and/or staff who have made exceptional contributions to advancing USF's Strategic Plan, with an emphasis on creative co-design, collaboration, and cross-departmental/divisional teamwork.
Collaborative Leadership and Commitment to Shared Governance
The Collaborative Leadership and Commitment to Shared Governance Award was created by the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs in order to recognize and honor a USF faculty, librarian or staff member who has modeled collaborative leadership, built trust and mutual understanding, and made exceptional contributions to enhancing shared governance within the USF community.
Arthur I. Karshmer Award for Distinguished Service to Disability Issues
The Arthur I. Karshmer Award for Distinguished Service to Disability Issues recognizes a faculty member or staff member who has demonstrated distinguished service to disability services or providing equal access to students with disabilities.
For nomination information, please contact committee chair Bryan Whaley (College of Arts and Sciences).
Community Engaged Learning Faculty Award
The Community Engaged Learning Faculty Award recognizes the work of full-time faculty in developing service-learning opportunities for USF students. The awardee shall be a full-time faculty member who has demonstrated a commitment to service-learning through the integration of service-learning into the curriculum; innovation in employing a reflective teaching methodology to connect community and public service experience with the academic study; and demonstration of leadership that promotes service-learning on campus.
Ignatian Service Award
The Ignatian Service Award recognizes an exceptional commitment to the service of students, the University, and the community at large, in light of the religious and moral legacy of St. Ignatius. The awardee shall be a full-time faculty member who has demonstrated an ongoing and creative commitment to the realization of this legacy through his/her actions and accomplishments.
Sarlo Prize
The Sarlo Prize recognizes excellence in teaching based upon the moral values that lie at the foundation of USF's identity. The awardee shall be a proven, effective full-time faculty member who through his/her teaching exemplifies the ethical principles which inform the University's Vision, Mission and Values.
Educational Effectiveness Award
The Educational Effectiveness Award (EEA) recognizes excellence in assessment practices at the University of San Francisco. The recognized assessment work should show evidence of student learning, use of student learning evidence, and help the university, or any part of the university or community, achieve its learning outcomes, goals, or mission. Exemplary assessment work should also support a culture of assessment at USF, and include a plan for closing the loop.
Criteria:
- Please attach a document, if appropriate, that exemplifies the team’s assessment work. This document can be a self study, executive summary, rubric, or anything that best encapsulates the team’s work.
- Please explain how the team used assessment plans, resources, or activities to help its department/division, the university, and/or community to achieve its learning outcomes, goals, or mission. (250 words or less)
- Closing the loop is defined as using data for improvement or modification. How has the team closed the loop on its assessment work? If it has not yet done so, what are the plans for closing the loop? (250 words or less)
- How does the team’s work support a culture of assessment at USF? (250 words or less)
Mentor of the Year Award
The Mentor of the Year Award was created by the Provost Council in order to recognize a faculty member and/or a staff person who furthers the Vision, Mission and Values of the University through her/his demonstrated commitment to and excellence in advising and mentoring our graduate and/or undergraduate students. The award recognizes individuals who help our students (1) identify their academic goals; (2) establish relationships between their curricular and co-curricular activities; (3) develop the expertise, skills and values that support academic and personal achievement; and, (4) discern how their USF experience will assist them in forming a more humane and just world.
Outstanding Professor Beyond the Hilltop Award
The award honors teaching excellence at the University's campuses beyond the Hilltop. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to nominate faculty who are dedicated, exceptional teachers for the Outstanding Professor Beyond the Hilltop Award.
Criteria:
- Eligible faculty must have taught or currently teach exclusively at one or more of the USF additional campus locations in Orange County, Sacramento, South Bay, or Santa Rosa during the 2022-2023 academic year (Fall 2022, Intersession 2023, Spring 2023) to be nominated for this award.
- Specify the course(s) the nominee taught and semester it was taught (Fall 2022, Intersession 2023, Spring 2023)
- Please include a brief (400-1000 words) description of the nominee and why the nominee is deserving of the award. Comment on the areas of teaching excellence: Student Mentoring, Student Engagement, Effective Instruction, Pedagogical Innovation, Course Development.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award given by the office of Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion recognizes and honors a USF faculty or staff member who has made exceptional contributions to enhancing and supporting diversity and inclusion within the USF community.
Distinguished Research Award
The Distinguished Research Award is given jointly by the USF Faculty Association and the University to a full-time faculty member whose recent research and scholarship have made an outstanding contribution to his or her academic discipline.
Distinguished Teaching Award
The Distinguished Teaching Award, bestowed jointly by the USF Faculty Association and the University, is given to a full-time faculty member for extraordinary dedication to teaching and students, and for innovative and gifted approaches to teaching and the classroom.
Distinguished Adjunct Teaching Award, Innovations in Instruction Award, and Sr. Vicky Siu Award for Outstanding Contributions and Service to the University
For nomination information on these awards, please visit the USF Part Time Faculty Association's Awards page
Cultural Centers: End of the Year Awards 2022-2023
Vizuri Kabisa
The Sankofa Award
Sankofa is the Ghanaian term for “looking back in order to move forward.” This award honors a faculty or staff member who dedicates their experience, knowledge, time, and scholarship to Black, African and African American students.
Interwoven Ceremony
The James Catiggay Faculty/Staff Changemaker Award
This award is named after our esteemed colleague James Catiggay, who provided 25+ years of outstanding service to our student's personal growth and development. This award honors a faculty or staff member who dedicates their experience, knowledge, and commitment to supporting the Asian/Asian American community by acknowledging and respecting the diversity and differences among students, staff, and faculty. The nominee demonstrates a devotion to academic excellence through teaching, advising, facilitating workshops, publications, and services for the common good.
Latinx Recognition Ceremony
The Jason Pender Staff Member of the Year Award.
Named in honor of Jason Pender, a former USF staff member who was driven by social justice values and tirelessly advocated for and with marginalized students at USF. This award honors a staff member who strives to create an inclusive and equitable environment for all. They embody what it means to be a "person for and with others."
The Gerardo Marín Faculty Member of the Year Award
Named in honor of Gerardo Marín, distinguished research psychologist, professor of psychology, and university administrator at USF. This award honors a faculty member who dedicates their experience, knowledge, and scholarship to Latinx students. This person demonstrates continuous support and dedication to the Latinx community at USF.