Lee Cibrowski Faculty Advising and Mentoring Award

APPLICATION

Cover Page

Name of nominee: ______

Department/School: ______

College: ______

Period of consideration: ______

Number of years serving as an advisor/mentor:______

Approximate number of advisees: ______

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Lee Cibrowski Faculty Advising and Mentoring Award

The Lee Cibrowski Faculty Advising and Mentoring Awardwas created to recognize outstanding mentoring activities and accomplishments achieved by faculty members.For the purposes of the award, mentorship is defined as any activity in which a faculty member works with students to enhance their knowledge, skills, or career direction through teaching, research, or academic advising activities. A characteristic of strong mentorship is a meaningful pattern of interaction between the faculty member and students that contributes to students’ academic and intellectual growth. The award is $1,000, which will be paid directly to the recipient (via payroll).

Timeline

  • On or before last Friday in January: Scholarly Activity Award Committee in place.
  • On or before last Friday in January: Nomination due from department chair or school director:
  • February 18, 2015: Nominee submits complete set of materials to CHSP Dean’s Office.*
  • April 17, 2015: CHSP Awards Ceremony

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Eligibility

  • Both Group I and Group II faculty members from programs formerly affiliated with the College of Health and Human Servicesare eligible to be nominated.
  • A recipient may not receive the award in consecutive years.
  • Each department chair or school director may nominate any faculty member from the academic units (listed below) who has demonstrated exemplary mentorship qualities, activities, and accomplishments particularly relative to the full calendar year preceding the application. Once a chair/director has identified a nominee, the chair/director should ask that individual whether he/she would like to apply for the award. If not, the chair/ director may proceed to the next most highly qualified candidate. For whatever reason, in any given year, it is possible that a department/school might choose not nominate a candidate.

Criteria

Nominees will be evaluated based on qualities exhibited by Dr. Lee Cibrowski and characterized as follows:

  • Knowledge:The mentor demonstrates breadth and depth of knowledge about programs and opportunities for students;
  • Active involvement:The mentor acts to maintain contact with students and to monitor their progress;
  • Interpersonal skills/sensitivity:The mentor demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively with students and focuses on their individual needs and interests;
  • Positive and lasting impact: The mentor addresses students’ lives “as a whole,” and has a positive influence on them before and after they leave the University.

Time Span Relevant to This Award

The advising/mentoring experiences of the nominee of particular interest to the Award Committee is the full calendar year immediately preceding the application. However, in recognition that mentoring relationships often develop over longer than one year, the committee will consider supplemental materials spanning as long as 4 years immediately preceding this application.

Selection Committee

The Lee Cibrowski Award Committee will be an intercollegial committee comprised of up to eight (8) faculty members representing the eligible programs (listed below). The College of Business, Patton College of Education, and the College of Fine Arts will be invited to identify representatives to serve on the selection committee, while departments/schools in the College of Health Sciences and Professions will be represented by the College’s Teaching/Learning Committee. If any member of this intercollegial committee is a nominee for the Lee Cibrowski Faculty Advising and Mentoring Award, a substitute committee member will be selected from that department/school.

Each program listed below is welcome to have one (1) representative each on the award selection committee:

College of Fine Arts, School of Art:

  • Interior Architecture

College of Business:

  • Department of Sports Administration

Patton College of Education:

  • Department ofRecreation and Sport Pedagogy
  • Department ofHuman and Consumer Science Education

College of Health Sciences and Professions’ Teaching/Learning Committee:

  • School of Nursing
  • School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences
  • School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness
  • Child and Family Studies, Department of Social and Public Health

Format: One-inch margins, 11-point, Arialfont.

Required Materials (maximum 6 pages)

  • Page 1 (provided): Cover page, which includes number of advisees, years as advisor, and courses taught.
  • Page 2: Letter of support from chair/school director.
  • Pages 3-6: A narrative written by the nominee describing:
  • The nominee’s philosophy of mentoring.
  • Evidence supporting applicant’seffective nurturing of the professional and personal growth of students in the following domains:
  • Knowledge: The mentor demonstrates breadth and depth of knowledge about programs and opportunities for students;
  • Active involvement: The mentor acts to maintain contact with students and to monitor their progress;
  • Interpersonal skills/sensitivity: The mentor demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively with students and focuses on their individual needs and interests;
  • Positive and lasting impact: The mentor addresses students’ lives “as a whole,” and has a positive influence on them before and after they leave the University.

Appendices (not counted in the page total)

Letters of support from current or former studentswho were mentored and other materials that help substantiate theapplication. In this section of the application, letters pertaining to the immediately preceding calendar year should be separated from older mentoring letters and materials.

Award Selection

The Cibrowski Award Selection Committee will review the applications for evidence of mentorship qualities, activities, and accomplishments. The review committee will review all relevant materials, giving particular emphasis to the full calendar year immediately preceding the application. However, in recognition that mentoring relationships often develop over longer than one year, the committee will consider supplemental materials spanning as long as 4 years immediately preceding this application.

Date printed: October 13, 2014

Inquiries: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Dean’s Office W380 Grover,

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