Faculty Excellence Awards

New this year, the Faculty Award for Excellence in Community-Engaged Teaching recognizes a colleague for their commitment to community engagement through their teaching practice. Eligibility: Any current full-time faculty member

The Faculty Award for Excellence in Digital Teaching Practice recognizes a colleague for their innovative use of technology for teaching and learning. Eligibility: Any current full-time faculty member (by school, rotates each year) 2023 Awardee - Janine Holc, Ph.D. (Political Science)

The Faculty Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship recognizes and celebrates a faculty member's extraordinary contributions to Loyola's Students, community partners, and institutional mission through sustained involvement and excellence in one or more types of engaged scholarship. Eligibility: Any current full-time faculty member 2023 Awardee - Masudul Biswas, Ph.D. (Communication)

The Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching recognizes a colleague for their commitment to outstanding teaching in Loyola's graduate programs. Eligibility: Any current full-time faculty member. 2023 Awardee - Irene Bal (Education Specialties)

The Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring honors one faculty member who has had a profound impact on the life, career, or direction of students at Loyola. Eligibility: Any current full-time faculty member. 2023 Awardee - SFC Gene Zhang (Military Science)

The Faculty Award for Excellence in Transformative Teaching recognizes a colleague for achievement in an imaginative teaching practice. This might take the form of a curricular revision, a course redesign, an inventive tradition, a new teaching format, an exemplary project, a new immersive experience, or any number of ways a colleague transforms the learning experience. Eligibility: Any current full-time faculty member. 2023 Awardee - Timothy Clark, Ph.D. (Mathematics and Statistics)

The Distinguished Scholar of the Year Award honors a faculty member for outstanding achievement in the area of research and creative activity. Eligibility: Any tenured faculty member. 2023 Awardee - Amy Becker, Ph.D. (Communication)

The Harry W. Rodgers III Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award was founded in 1971 to give public recognition to full-time faculty members whose teaching activities demonstrate a high degree of professional excellence. Eligibility: Undergraduate students nominate faculty for the award. 2023 Awardee - Theresa Nguyen, Ph.D. (Chemistry and Biochemistry)