AA 2024-03

Faculty Honors Committee

Overview

The University bestows honors on outstanding members of the CSUDH faculty for excellence in teaching, service and research, scholarship, and creative activity. These awards are given annually to deserving faculty as formal acknowledgment of their contributions to the University community.

Charge

The Faculty Honors Committee is charged to evaluate nominations and applications for the following honors:

The Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez Hills Distinguished Teacher Award
The Presidential Outstanding Professor Award
The Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award
The Excellence in Service Award
Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award

The Committee shall receive from the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development (FAD) the list of candidates for each award, together with all documents supporting their candidacies. Applying the criteria implicit for the purpose of each award, the Committee shall recommend recipients for the current academic year. By the date designated for each award, the Committee shall notify FAD of the identity of recommended recipients, and forward documentation to FAD indicating the basis for the Committee’s recommendation.

Panel Membership

The membership of the Faculty Honors Committee shall be comprised as follows:

Seven (7) tenured faculty members shall be elected annually to serve on the Faculty Honors Committee, with one (1) member elected from each College, one (1) member of the counseling faculty as elected by the counseling unit, and one (1) member of the University Library faculty as elected by the library faculty.
One (1) non-tenure track faculty shall be appointed by the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Advisory Board.
One (1) student representative shall be selected by Associated Students Incorporated (ASI).
Faculty who are candidates for honors may not be elected to the committee.

Terms of Service

To ensure continuity, one member, who is the chair, shall be held over for an additional year. No member shall be elected from his/her College or unit. In the event that the chair is unable or unwilling to serve, the committee shall elect another member to serve as the hold-over member.

All Revision & Review Approved Dates

AA 2022-03 (Resolution FPC 21-20) Approved 11/16/2022; Supersedes AA 2006-11 (Status: Archived)
AA 2006-11, Approved 04/10/2006; Supersedes Presidential Memoranda PM 89-15 (Status: Archived)

Attachments and Links

See AAPM website for Related Policy.

Related Policy

AA 2004-09 Lyle E. Gibson Dominguez Hills Distinguished Teacher Award, 12/01/2004
AA 2004-16 The Excellence in Service Award, 12/01/2004
AA 2004-18 The Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award, 12/1/2004
AA 2005-06 Creation of Faculty Awards, 04/29/2005
AA 2006-02 The Presidential Outstanding Professor Award, 03/10/2006
AA 2016-01 Catherine H. Jacobs Outstanding Faculty-Lecturer Award, 08/14/2017

Keywords

Faculty, Committee, Award

Approved Signatures

Executive

Approved: Michael E. Spagna, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Date: 05/07/2024

Area Manager/Owner

Approved: Cheryl Koos, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development