Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching

General information

The Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, established in 1992, is typically awarded to two faculty members, each of which has an extensive record of outstanding teaching and who provides teaching support or mentoring to other faculty.

Eligibility

To be considered for the Eisenhower Award, faculty members must have:

• A full-time appointment at Penn State
• A tenured appointment (typically with an academic rank of associate professor or professor)
• Undergraduate teaching as a primary responsibility
• A minimum of five years undergraduate teaching experience at Penn State

Research faculty, administrators, and those who primarily teach graduate students are not eligible for these awards.

Nomination process

Nominations may be submitted by students, faculty, administrators, staff, and friends of Penn State by a web nomination form. Nominations will be accepted throughout the year with a due date of August 14, 2009 to be considered for the 2010 awards. If you have any questions, please send an email to site@psu.edu or phone 814-865-8681.

Preliminary screening is done by department or campus representatives and approved by the dean or campus executive officer. Final selection for all three awards is made by University Committees that may include faculty, students, administrators, and alumni.