Call for nominations: Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Award review committee
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2025) — The Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Awards (initially known as the Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Teaching) have recognized faculty and graduate instructors who have demonstrated special dedication to student achievement and success in their teaching. In short, the awards emphasize the university’s commitment to teaching and student learning as an integral part of its mission in the Kentucky, the nation and the world.
The Office for Faculty Advancement and the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching are forming a committee to review the process, format and other aspects of the annual Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Awards. Among other aims, the committee will consider how the awards can best recognize teaching excellence at UK and provide a report with recommendations.
Nominations, including self-nominations, are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, to Trey Conatser, assistant provost for teaching and learning, at trey.conatser@uky.edu. Faculty of any designation with teaching responsibilities and graduate teaching assistants are eligible for nomination.
The committee will begin meeting in late August and conclude its work by early November.
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