Provost Awards of Excellence - Guidelines

Excellence in University/Community Service

The Provost Awards were created to exemplify where someone has truly excelled in this category. Service includes, but is not limited to, professional appearances, performances, consulting, serving on committees, participating in recruitment and placement of students.

Please begin your narrative by briefly stating your philosophy for university/community service. This should be followed by the contributions made in delivering on this philosophy. Please recognize that it is not important to address each of the elements outlined below.

  1. Sustained meritorious service rendered to the department, college, university, national and/or international communities. Please delineate your compensated service contributions.
  2. Service rendered to governmental and non-governmental organizations
  3. The primary criterion should be one of significant contribution/impact. There should be substantial evidence that a nominee’s service activities have had a significant positive effect.
  4. It will be important to note that the faculty member’s service activities are characterized by a continuous commitment to service activities over a period of time as opposed to a one-time major involvement
  5. Participants are encouraged to include other activities that may not have been addressed by the guidelines stated above.
  6. Stipulated Appendix: Furnish an outline of your portfolio activities with each category being a major heading followed by a summary of the activity and the associated dates in reverse chronological order.
    Examples of appendices that will enhance your packet:
    • Demonstration of evidence
    • Citation of all documents included