{"id":22663,"date":"2025-03-10T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/cfc\/?page_id=22663"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:42:38","slug":"teaching-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/cfc\/teaching-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Teaching Awards<\/h1>\n<p><span>Western Carolina University takes great pride in the quality of education provided to our students. Our faculty work very hard to maintain these high standards and are constantly working towards creating an ever-evolving and engaging learning environment. As a means to recognize faculty and staff who have gone above and beyond expectations, WCU provides several awards to highlight their accomplishments. The CFC coordinates the process for the selection of awards as directed by the Office of the Provost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The UNC System\u2019s Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching was created in 1994 to encourage, identify, recognize, reward, and support excellence in teaching within the university. A cash award\u00a0and a bronze medallion created especially for the award are given to sixteen recipients, one from each institution, at an annual recognition luncheon hosted by the UNC System&#8217;s Board of Governors in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Award Amount: $12,500<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Deadline for the 2024-2025 Submission: September 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/cfc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/BOG_Guidelines_Web.docx\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22670\">Board of Governors Award Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information, including a list of previous winners, can be found on the Office of the Chancellor&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcu.edu\/discover\/leadership\/office-of-the-chancellor\/university-awards\/excellence-in-teaching.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Chancellor&#8217;s Distinguished Teaching Award<\/h3>\n<p>The Chancellor&#8217;s Distinguished Teaching Award encourages, recognizes, and rewards superior teaching and meritorious performance.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching faculty in their third year of service at WCU are eligible for nomination if they have not received this award in the preceding five years.<\/p>\n<p>Award Amount: $5,000<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Students and faculty may nominate finalists as a part of WCU&#8217;s integrated awards system that occurs every January.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/cfc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/CDTA-Committee-Procedures.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22667\">Chancellor\u2019s Distinguished Teaching Award Committee Procedures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/cfc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/02\/CDTA-Policies.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22669\">Chancellor\u2019s Distinguished Teaching Award Policies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information, including a list of previous winners, can be found on the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcu.edu\/discover\/leadership\/office-of-the-chancellor\/university-awards\/chancellors-distinguished-teaching-award.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chancellor&#8217;s Distinguished Teaching Award<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Innovative Scholar Award<\/h3>\n<p>This award encourages and recognizes a faculty member who produced exemplary types of scholarship outside of the scholarship of discovery, including integration, engagement, and teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p>The award is open to any full-time faculty member or faculty team who has taught at Western Carolina University for at least one year.<\/p>\n<p>Award Amount: $2,000<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Students and faculty may nominate finalists as a part of WCU&#8217;s integrated awards system that occurs every January.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More information, including a list of previous winners, can be found on the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcu.edu\/discover\/leadership\/office-of-the-chancellor\/university-awards\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovative Scholarship Award<\/a> <\/strong>page.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching Awards Western Carolina University takes great pride in the quality of education provided to our students. 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