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General Information

The Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award, administered by the Committee to Enhance Learning and Teaching (CELT) and funded by the Office of the Provost, recognizes outstanding undergraduate faculty and academic units for their commitment to and effectiveness in teaching. The award recognizes general teaching excellence, with particular excellence in one or more of three areas:

Course Development
Pedagogy
Mentoring/Advising

Each year, a monetary award of $3,000 may be given either to an individual faculty member or to an academic unit. In the case of academic unit winners, the award will be given to the academic unit to use at their discretion.

All full-time faculty with at least three years of full-time service to the University may be nominated for the award. Any academic unit may be nominated for the award. This award is not to be confused with the Valparaiso University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Previous award winners are not disqualified from nomination or winning again.