Purpose: To recognize faculty for their teaching excellence.

The Faculty Achievement Award is open to full-time faculty, counseling faculty, and library faculty who have completed a minimum of four consecutive years of service at EPCC and have not received this award within the past three years. Students, faculty or administrators can nominate faculty for this award. This year there will be three honorees. Evaluation is completed by the Faculty Professional Development
Committee and honorees are recognized at the Recognition Dinner in the Spring. The recipients of this award will each receive a stipend to attend the Southwest Seminar for Great Teaching and a $500 stipend.

The Professional Development Committee will evaluate the nominees based on the following criteria:

• Quality of instruction (60%)
• Active participation in college/division/discipline activities (20%)
• Professional Growth (10%)
• Community Service (10%)

Nomination forms are available at the Faculty Development Office (A2419 VV), Deans/ Director’s offices, and Student Government Association offices. Nomination forms must be submitted to the Faculty Development Office (A2419 VV) by 5:00 p.m. September 10, 2007. An individual can nominate only one faculty member per year for this award.