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University of Houston
ESTHER FARFEL AWARD
2009-2010

The University of Houston announces the annual Esther Farfel Award, the highest honor accorded to a University faculty member. The award, a symbol of overall career excellence, carries a cash prize of $10,000.

Nomination deadline is
5 PM, Friday, October 30, 2009.

No nominations will be accepted after the deadline.

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Criteria

Nominees must be full-time tenured faculty who have held a continuous appointment at the University of Houston for at least five academic years prior to the year of nomination. Nominees must demonstrate excellence in all areas of faculty responsibility. The selection committee will consider:

1. the significance and national/international impact of the candidate's research or creative activity;
   
   
2. evidence of outstanding teaching ability; and
   
   
3. distinctive and exemplary service to the University, the profession, and the community.

Nomination Process

Faculty, staff, administrators, students, and alumni may make nominations. In addition, the selection committee actively solicits nominations. Nomination is a two step process:

Step 1: Nomination deadline:
           5 PM, Friday, October 30, 2009

1. Submit the nomination form, two-page letter of nomination and the nominee’s full current curriculum vitae electronically as a single document .pdf file to (please label the document with the nominees last name) to the Office of Academic Program Management, Dr. Heidi Kennedy, hkennedy@uh.edu
   
   
2. After the selection committee conducts the initial review of nominations, Dr. Elaine Charlson will notify the candidates of the results by late November. Finalists may then choose to proceed with the nomination process as follows:
   

Step 2: Supporting materials deadline:
           Friday, February 19, 2010

All documents should be submitted on a single disk (2 copies) in the exact order as listed below with three sub-folders containing the materials for the categories of Research, Teaching, Service; please label the disk and folders with the nominee's name. Please use the Nomination Checklist offered for download below for the order and presentation of materials.

Supporting materials are needed in each of research and scholarship, teaching, and service categories.

1. Research and Scholarship
   Six letters supporting the quality and significance of the nominee's research and scholarship, at least three of which must be arm's length reviewers from outside the University of Houston community.
   
   
2. Teaching
   Documentation of quality teaching, including summarized and comparative student and department course evaluations for the last four semesters. Documentation may also include activities such as course development, advising and other contributions to student learning. Four letters addressing the contributions of the nominee to teaching must be included — three from among the nominee's current or former students and one from a UH colleague.
   
   
3. Service
   Three letters documenting distinguished and exemplary service to the University, the profession, and the community.

Selection Process

The selection committee may contact the references for more details. The committee will then review the nominations and select a finalist by early March. After the Provost and the President approve the selection, the President will inform the recipient of the award. The award will be presented at the Faculty Awards ceremony at the end of the spring semester.