Deadline

Final nominations must be submitted online to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost by February 10 (or the next business day). Review college deadlines.

Description

Purpose: The Morrill Professorship recognizes faculty members whose professional work has demonstrated outstanding success in teaching and learning in undergraduate, graduate, and/or extension/outreach programs which is reflected by a national or international reputation in the nominee's discipline.

Eligibility: Nominees must hold the rank of professor (tenured or term) and have served for at least five (5) years prior to the current year on the Iowa State University faculty. Recipients must be Iowa State employees at the time of the University Awards Ceremony.

Nature of award: $7,650 addition to base salary, plus title of Morrill Professor for remainder of career at Iowa State

Number of awards: Up to five (5)

Criteria: A Morrill Professor must above all else have long-term, and sustained excellence in teaching and learning. This professional work must go beyond scholarly work in teaching and learning and show outstanding accomplishments that have enhanced learning outcomes in undergraduate, graduate, and/or extension/outreach programs, with a national and/or international reputation of excellence. In addition to these contributions, a Morrill Professor must have demonstrated outstanding performance in at least one other area of faculty responsibility: (1) research and/or creative activities, (2) professional practice, or (3) institutional service. (NOTE: All Extension faculty are eligible for nomination.)

Selection process: Nominations should be made to the appropriate college awards committee. 

Each college sends its nominations to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost by February 10 (or the next business day). The Morrill Professor Nomination Review Committee is appointed by the Senior Vice President and Provost following procedures established by the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate Committee on Committees nominates faculty to the Senior Vice President and Provost for membership on the Morrill Professor Nomination Review Committee. Faculty at the rank of Professor and/or Morrill Professor will be nominated for seven (7) positions, one representing each college. The Senior Vice President and Provost will appoint three (3) additional members. All members will serve three (3)-year, staggered terms. The Morrill Professor Nomination Review Committee receives nominations for Morrill Professor from colleges, meets at least once, and makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate Executive Board, which will meet in executive session to consider these recommendations. The Executive Board forwards recommendations to the Senior Vice President and Provost.

Guidelines for submitting nominations for Morrill Professorships

  1. Completed nomination cover page for faculty: 
    • Faculty university award nomination cover page [PDF | DOC]
  2. Nomination statement of no more than three (3) pages that includes the following:
    • How the nominee's qualifications relate to the award criteria and why the nominee is deserving of the award
    • Specific examples that demonstrate long-term and sustained excellence in teaching and learning
    • Explicitly identify the nominee's demonstrated outstanding performance in at least one (1) other area of faculty responsibility: (1) research and/or creative activities, (2) professional practice, or (3) institutional service.
  3. If the nominee holds the title of University Professor, include a separate paragraph after the nomination statement clearly indicating which accomplishments were recognized by that award.
  4. Statement of teaching philosophy of no more than two (2) pages prepared by the nominee
  5. Summary of student ratings of teaching or client evaluation information for courses/extension presentations taught by the nominee during the past five (5) years. These should be displayed in tabular form, and should include college or department/school norms for comparison. Please note that raw student rating forms are unacceptable, but brief comments from students can be incorporated into the nomination statement.
  6. Letter of support from a former student, or extension client (for extension faculty) able to speak to the award criteria
  7. Letter of support from an Iowa State colleague able to speak to the nominee's qualifications as they relate to the award criteria
  8. Letter of support from an individual external to Iowa State able to speak to the nominee's qualifications as they relate to the award criteria
  9. Current Position Responsibility Statement (PRS)
  10. Updated curriculum vita of no more than twenty-five (25) pages
  11. When the file is prepared, nominators must submit their nominations to their college by the college deadline; when the college is ready to submit their nominations, the college awards coordinator must upload the nominations to the appropriate college folder on CyBox; if you do not have access to your college's folder on CyBox, please contact Rachel Haynes, rhaynes@iastate.edu.

Nominations are reviewed by the college before submission to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost. Award recipients and their nominator, department chair/school director, dean, or supervisor are notified by May 1. Colleges receive feedback on unsuccessful nominations by July 1.

For questions or more information about award eligibility, contact:

For questions or more information about award submission, contact: