Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to nominate for distinguished teaching awards any current faculty member appointed at .50 FTE or greater - including both tenure-related faculty and non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) - who has taught at the University of Oregon for a minimum of two (2) years. Our two university teaching awards, the Ersted Award and Thomas F. Herman Award are presented annually to award winners at Spring Commencement. Each award includes both institutional recognition for teaching excellence and a permanent salary stipend. (Please note: Graduate Teaching Fellows have their own teaching awards and are not eligible for these teaching awards.)
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Ersted Award for
Distinguished Teaching
The late Mr. A. J. Ersted established the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching so the University of Oregon could annually honor faculty members “who have taught comparatively short periods and have demonstrated exceptional abilities to induce students to reason and not merely memorize.” The Ersted Award is presented only to faculty who are early in their teaching careers (and who have taught at the UO at least two years). This teaching may occur at the undergraduate or graduate level. |
Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award
for Distinguished Teaching This award honors senior faculty members who have achieved outstanding records as teachers. The Thomas F. Herman Award is presented only to faculty members who have had academic rank at the University of Oregon for at least seven years, and who have demonstrated long-standing excellence in teaching and have contributed significantly to student learning at the undergraduate or graduate level. |