Awards for Faculty on the Berkeley Campus Related to
Teaching, Advising, Mentoring
| Academic Senate |
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Distinguished Teaching Award |
| Description: |
This award program was initiated to encourage and reward excellence in teaching on the Berkeley campus. 207 faculty members from 48 departments have been recognized for distinguished teaching since 1959. Selections are made by the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching. |
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| Chemistry |
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| Name: |
Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching |
| Description: |
The Noyce Award was established in 1986 by Dr. Robert N. Noyce and recognizes Dr. Noyce's brother, Prof. Emeritus Donald S. Noyce, a long-time professor of chemistry at Berkeley. The award is open to tenure-track faculty members within the College of Chemistry and the Division of Physical Sciences within the College of Letters & Science. |
| Web: |
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/editor/COC_facts/noyce_prize.html |
| Contact Name: |
Rebecca Egger, College of Chemistry Dean's Office |
| Contact Phone: |
643-0472 |
| Contact Email: |
egger@cchem.berkeley.edu |
| Engineering |
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| Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences |
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| Name: |
Electrical Engineering Award for Outstanding Teaching |
| Description: |
Teaching award for faculty. |
| Web: |
None |
| Contact Name: |
Chris Williams |
| Contact Phone: |
642-0253 |
| Contact Email: |
chrisw@eecs.berkeley.edu |
| Name: |
Computer Science Division Information Technology Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching |
| Description: |
This award, funded by an endowment from an anonymous donor in honor of Professor Michael A. Harrison, provides $5,000 and additional funds for teaching or research to a faculty member selected by the department’s faculty awards committee. |
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None |
| Contact Name: |
Toni Sweet |
| Contact Phone: |
642-5244 |
| Contact Email: |
sweet@eecs.berkeley.edu |
| Name: |
Computer Science Diane S. McEntyre Teaching Award |
| Description: |
The McEntyre Teaching Award was established in the early 1990s honor of an alumna of the Department who passed away at a young age. The award is usually conferred annually by the EECS Department's Faculty Awards Committee. |
| Web: |
None |
| Contact Name: |
Toni Sweet |
| Contact Phone: |
642-5244 |
| Contact Email: |
sweet@eecs.berkeley.edu |
| Industrial Engineering & Operations Research |
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| Name: |
Faculty of the Year Award |
| Description: |
Selected by Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society (students) |
| Web: |
http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~apm/ (but doesn't contain info about award) |
| Contact Name: |
Candace Yano |
| Contact Phone: |
642-4992 |
| Contact Email: |
yano@ieor.berkeley.edu |
| Mechanical Engineering |
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Pi Tau Sigma Excellence in Teaching Award |
| Description: |
Awarded by Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society |
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| Contact Phone: |
642-5549 or 642-2420 |
| Contact Email: |
pts@me.berkeley.edu |
| Haas School of Business |
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| Name: |
Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching (6 awards): |
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Undergraduate Program |
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Daytime MBA Program |
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Evening and Weekend MBA Program |
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Ph.D. Program |
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Masters in Financial Engineering Program |
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Berkeley/Columbia Executive MBA Program |
| Description: |
Students in each degree program nominate instructors (lecturers, adjunct and regular faculty) for the award |
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None |
| Contact Name: |
Shawna Cook or Josh Chisom |
| Contact Phone: |
643-2051 or 643-9694 |
| Contact Email: |
cook@haas.berkeley.edu or chisom@haas.berkeley.edu |
| Information Management and Systems |
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| Name: |
Excellence in Teaching Award (also known as Teacher of the Year Award, Distinguished Teaching Award) |
| Description: |
The graduating class votes on this award for a professor in SIMS. |
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| Contact Name: |
Kristi Mitchell |
| Contact Phone: |
643-4206 |
| Contact Email: |
kristi@sims.berkeley.edu |
| Law |
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Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction |
| Description: |
The Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction, established in 1995 by a gift from Mr. William Rutter, is given each year to a member of the Boalt faculty. |
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| Contact Name: |
Dean Victoria Ortiz |
| Contact Phone: |
643-3057 |
| Contact Email: |
vortiz@law.berkeley.edu |
| Letters and Science |
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Division of Social Sciences Distinguished Teaching and Service Award |
| Description: |
Annual awards established in 1994 by William Simmons, then Dean of the Social Sciences, to express to social science faculty the highest appreciation and admiration for their teaching and service accomplishments. |
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| Contact Name: |
Ann Larson |
| Contact Phone: |
642-1108 |
| Contact Email: |
ann_larson@ls.berkeley.edu |
| Name: |
Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching |
| Description: |
For ladder-rank faculty member in either the College of Chemistry or L&S Division of Physical Sciences) |
| Web: |
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/editor/COC_facts/noyce_prize.html |
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College of Letters and Science Award for Distinguished Research Mentoring of Undergraduates |
| Description: |
Annual award established in 2001 recognize faculty members who "create extraordinary research opportunities for students beyond the classroom, and who devote unusual time and effort to encouraging and developing undergraduate researchers." The five mentors selected from the five L&S divisions receive $2000 awards and are honored at a College ceremony in the fall. |
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| Contact Name: |
Terry Strathman |
| Contact Phone: |
642-3795 |
| Contact Email: |
strath@uclink.berkeley.edu |
| Name: |
Rhoda H. Goldman Award for Distinguished Faculty Advising of Undergraduates |
| Description: |
Annual award established in 2002 recognize L&S faculty members who have made a "significant contribution to undergraduate education by offering outstanding counsel and guidance to undergraduates in planning their academic and professional careers." Emphasis is on departmental advisors but others may be eligible. One award each year. The Distinguished Advisor receives a $2000 award and is honored at a College ceremony in the fall. |
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| Contact Name: |
Terry Strathman |
| Contact Phone: |
642-3795 |
| Contact Email: |
strath@uclink.berkeley.edu |
| Natural Resources |
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College of Natural Resources Distinguished Teaching Award |
| Description: |
This award acknowledges excellence in undergraduate teaching by faculty members in Natural Resources. Students and faculty may submit nominations. |
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| Contact Name: |
Rosemary Gillespie |
| Contact Phone: |
gillespi@nature.berkeley.edu |
| Contact Email: |
642-3445 |
| Optometry |
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| Name: |
Michael G. Harris Classroom Teaching Award |
| Description: |
This award, chosen by the graduating class, was established to recognize excellence in classroom teaching and preparation for the practice of optometry. Criteria is based on innovations, creativity, knowledge, clarity, organization, and applicability of the information presented in the classroom to the profession of optometry. |
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None |
| Contact Name: |
Mona Radice |
| Contact Phone: |
642-5617 |
| Contact Email: |
mradice@uclink4.berkeley.edu |
| Name: |
Roy Brandreth Excellence-in-Teaching Award |
| Description: |
The recipient of the Brandreth Award is chosen by each graduating class and given to the person exemplifying true professionalism and who has most influenced optometry students to strive for clinical excellence. |
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None |
| Contact Name: |
Bruce Miller |
| Contact Phone: |
643-9466 |
| Contact Email: |
bam@spectacle.berkeley.edu |
| Public Health |
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Distinguished Teaching and Mentorship Award |
| Description: |
The award recognizes a professor who has gone above and beyond their duties and shown excellence in teaching and student mentorship. The graduate student association (GrAPHS) puts out a call for nominations to all students in April, selects the recipient, and presents the award at commencement in May. |
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None |
| Contact Name: |
Graduate Association of Public Health Students (GrAPHS) |
| Contact Phone: |
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| Contact Email: |
graphs_mcso@yahoo.com |
| Public Policy |
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Outstanding Instructor Award |
| Description: |
A student-nominated award, not given every year. |
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None |
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| Social Welfare |
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Social Welfare Teacher-of-the-Year Award |
| Description: |
This award is sponsored by the Social Welfare Alumni Association. Masters level students each year identify candidates, hold an election, and select one winner. |
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| Contact Name: |
Paul Terrell, Coordinator of Academic Programs and Liaison to the Alumni Association |
| Contact Phone: |
642-8039 |
| Contact Email: |
terrell@socrates.berkeley.edu |