Part-Time Faculty

Provost's Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching

The JMU Office of the Provost is pleased to announce the annual Provost's Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching. Part-time instructors are valuable members of the JMU community and this $1,000 honorarium recognizes a JMU part-time faculty member or teaching team for a significant contribution to teaching and learning at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Eligibility
The following eligibility requirements must each be met:

1. Eligible candidates may be from any discipline but must have part-time status. Part-time faculty members are those who have the classification of "part-time instructor" or those "Administrative and Professional (A&P) Faculty" with instructional responsibilities (Faculty Handbook 2012; http://www.jmu.edu/facultysenate/facultyhandbook/policies/status.html).
2. Nominees or nominators can verify a nominee's status with Human Resources or contact the CFI (cfi@jmu.edu).
   
3. Nominees must have taught at JMU for a minimum of two semesters, with at least one of these semesters occurring during the 2011-2012 academic year.
   

Nominations
Nominations will be accepted from administrators, faculty, students, or oneself. Re-nominations are welcome. Nominations are due to CFI by January 25, 2013.

2012 Winner
Doris Chiang, Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2012 Nominees
• Agnes Carbrey, School of Art and Art History
• Brian Charette, Management
• Doris H. Chiang, Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Culture
• Denis Conley, Biology
• Barbara Fagan, Learning, Technology, and Leadership Education
• A. R. "Pete" Giesen, Political Science
• Linda Harpine, Integrated Science and Technology
• Vickie Krauss, Nursing
• Michael Overman, School of Music
• Jerry Ridgeway, Integrated Science and Technology
• Michael Shutty, Jr., Psychology
• Julia Stutzman, Biology