College and University Awards

The college and university believe in celebrating the accomplishments of our outstanding faculty and staff members, students and alumni. Below are nomination forms and deadlines for a variety of awards presented throughout the year. Administrators, faculty, staff and students may nominate colleagues, teachers and students for the following annual awards.

College of Design Academic Advising Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)
Polster Family Teaching Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)
Faculty/Staff Research Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)
Outreach/Public Service Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)
P&S Staff Award for Extraordinary Performance ($1,000 and framed certificate)
Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance ($1,000 and framed certificate)
Graduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance (certificate)
Undergraduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance (certificate)

The nomination form can be found below and should be completed by Friday, January 13, 2023.

College Award Nominations

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Nominator Information

Name

First Last

Iowa State Email

Nominee Information

Name

First Last

Iowa State Email

Position

Department

Date of Iowa State employment

Awards available for nominations*

College of Design Academic Advising Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

To recognize the significance of undergraduate advising as a service to students and a key in student retention. To reward outstanding performance in advising student during their undergraduate study, formally while serving as an academic advisor, and/or informally as a classroom or studio instructor.

Eligibility

The nominee must be a tenured/tenure-track ISU College of Design faculty member or professional and scientific staff member who regularly instructs and/or advises undergraduate students.

Eligibility

The nominee must be a tenured/tenure-track Iowa State College of Design faculty member or professional and scientific staff member who regularly instructs and/or advises undergraduate students.

Content of nomination

Provide a narrative which addresses the nominee’s impact on students in academic success and progress in curricula; retention and/or changing majors; choice of electives; career planning, internship, and work experiences; professional/personal development; and problem solving.

Content of nomination 1*

Advisee information

Indicate the number of undergraduate advisees assigned to the nominee for the last three years:*

Supporting documentation

Please include three letters of support from students, and two letters or memos from faculty and/or staff

Supporting documentation*

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Polster Family Teaching Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

To recognize and support the significance of teaching in the College of Design and to acknowledge exceptional teaching performance of a College of Design faculty member early in their professional career.

Eligibility

The nominee may be a tenured, tenure-track, term, or adjunct faculty member and must have been an ISU College of Design faculty member for a minimum of two years and no more than 10 at the beginning of the academic year in which the award is given. A faculty member and/or extension specialist must not have previously received this teaching award.

Content of nomination

Provide a narrative which gives insights into teaching strategies, instructional organization and delivery; if available, include the nominee’s statement of teaching philosophy. Please also include student evaluations with statistical information for at least the past two years of courses taught comparing with department and college averages; the chair or departmental partner can provide for review). Please also include information regarding curricula, mentoring and service delivery.

Content of nomination 2*

Supporting documentation

Please include three letters of support from students, two letters/memos from fellow faculty, and a statement from the nominee’s chair

File*

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Faculty/Staff Research Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

To recognize College of Design faculty/staff who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishment in research and scholarship.

Criteria

Nominees must exhibit documents evidence of research and scholarly activity representing significant innovation or impact as evaluated by peers and experts in their field. Nominees should show evidence of impact in mentoring of students in research and scholarly pursuits.

Eligibility

The nominee may be a tenured, tenure-track, term, or adjunct faculty member or professional and scientific staff in the College of Design.

Content of nomination

Provide a narrative which gives insights into the nominee’s research accomplishments, impact and audience; including the nominee’s statement of research philosophy.

Content of nomination 3*

Supporting documentation

Please upload supporting documentations which include

Documentation of publications, awards, recognition, or impact on student learning outcomes
At least one letter of support from a fellow faculty member, external peer, or funding agency
A statement of support from the nominee’s department chair (if the nominee is a department chair, the statement of support will come from a fellow faculty member or a fellow department chair)

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Outreach/Public Service Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

To recognize College of Design faculty/staff who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishment in outreach or public service activity.

Criteria

Nominees must exhibit documented evidence of outstanding accomplishment in outreach or public service activity representing significant innovation or impact as evaluated by peers and outreach/service recipients.

Content of nomination

Provide a narrative that gives insights into outreach or public service impacts, and the number of individuals, organizations or communities served; the nominee’s statement of outreach goals; and please share how the nominee has helped changed people’s lives through their outreach and public service efforts.

Content of nomination 4*

Supporting documentation

Please upload the following documentation:

Publications, awards or recognitions stemming from the outreach or public service efforts
Documentation of impacts of outreach or public service activities that may include testimonials, secondary data, program evaluation studies, published peer-reviewed articles or popular press
At least one letter of support from affected individuals, organizations or communities
At least one letter of support from fellow faculty members

File*

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P&S Staff Award for Extraordinary Performance ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

To recognize a Professional and Scientific (P&S) staff member who has demonstrated exemplary performance while working at the College of Design; as demonstrated innovative, creative, or original ways to accomplish job responsibilities and effect positive change; established a pattern of responsibility in performing job duties; exhibited service to their department or unit and the College of Design; fosters a spirit of cooperation and strong interpersonal relationships with fellow employees; exhibits potential for future contributions to their department or unit, the College of Design, and/or their community.

Content of nomination

Provide a description of why the nominee deserves this award

Content of nomination 5*

Supporting documentation

Please provide three letters of recommendation (no more than one-page long per letter) with a maximum of one recommendation from a student.

File*

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Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

To recognize and support strengths in areas such as instruction, advising and assisting students, research, creative activity, professional recognition and awards, outreach and/or service to the college, university, community and/or profession.

Supporting documentation

Please upload at least one letter of recommendation. Additional letters of support are welcome and will strengthen the nomination.

File*

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Max. file size: 64 MB.

Graduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance (certificate)

Purpose

Supporting documentation

Please upload at least one letter of recommendation. Additional letters of support are welcome and will strengthen the nomination.

File*

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Max. file size: 64 MB.

Undergraduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance (certificate)

Purpose

Supporting documentation

Please upload at least one letter of recommendation. Additional letters of support are welcome and will strengthen the nomination.

File*

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Max. file size: 64 MB.

A number of prestigious awards for faculty, staff, students and alumni are presented by Iowa State University each year. Calls for nominations come from various units in the University and links can be found below. Please submit your nominations for university faculty and staff awards via email to Amy Bannister (amyb@iastate.edu) by Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, or deliver hard copies to them in 146 Design by then so the relevant college councils and committees will know who is being nominated and can provide support for your nomination(s). College deadlines are intentionally set earlier than the administering units’ deadlines to allow for internal review, ranking and recommendation.

College and University Awards

College Award Nominations

Nominator Information

Nominee Information

College of Design Academic Advising Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

Eligibility

Eligibility

Content of nomination

Advisee information

Supporting documentation

Polster Family Teaching Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

Eligibility

Content of nomination

Supporting documentation

Faculty/Staff Research Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

Criteria

Eligibility

Content of nomination

Supporting documentation

Outreach/Public Service Award ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

Criteria

Content of nomination

Supporting documentation

P&S Staff Award for Extraordinary Performance ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

Content of nomination

Supporting documentation

Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance ($1,000 and framed certificate)

Purpose

Supporting documentation

Graduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance (certificate)

Purpose

Supporting documentation

Undergraduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance (certificate)

Purpose

Supporting documentation

University Award Nominations