Call for Nominations: PA MACK Award

Nominations are being sought for 2010 P.A. Mack Award for Distinguished Service to Teaching. The PA Mack Award is awarded annually to an individual who has an extensive career of demonstrated excellence and distinguished service to teaching consistent with the goals and ideals of the Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching (FACET).

P.A. Mack, former IU Trustee and lifelong advocate for teaching excellence, was given the first award at the annual FACET retreat in May 1999.

DEFINITION OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO TEACHING
For the purposes of this award, "distinguished service to teaching" is broadly defined as service in the form of leadership or creative participation that significantly and demonstrably advances and/or extends the goals and ideals of FACET as spelled out in the FACET mission statement.

FACET is a community of faculty dedicated to and recognized for excellence in teaching and learning. FACET advocates pedagogical innovation, inspires growth and reflection, cultivates the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and fosters personal renewal in the commitment to student learning.

To qualify for the award, service must extend beyond an individual's own disciplinary unit and/or campus. Service activities need not be limited to the Indiana University system; however, the contributions cited in the nomination letter must include service to Indiana University.

ELIGIBILITY
Nominees may include but are not limited to FACET members. Non-FACET faculty, administrators, professional staff, alumni, associate instructors, adjunct faculty, and others who have contributed distinguished service to teaching also are eligible for this award.

REWARDS AND EXPECTATIONS
The winner will be recognized at the next annual FACET retreat (May 21-23, 2010 at French Lick Resort), and will be invited to organize and lead the "Annual P.A. Mack Distinguished Service to Teaching Forum" at the retreat the following year (May 2011). The Forum will be planned in collaboration with the annual FACET retreat planning committee and can take the form of a presentation, interactive discussion, workshop, or other form of creative or scholarly activity related to teaching.  The specific nature of both the retreat Forum and the outreach effort will be left to the discretion of the winner, but will be planned and implemented in collaboration with FACET staff. The winner will also receive a monetary award of $2,500 provided by the Mack Endowment and the Indiana University Foundation.

NOMINATION PROCESS
Nominators must be members of FACET. A nominator should write a 3-4 page letter documenting the nominee's distinguished service and how it demonstrably advances the goals and ideals of FACET and also certifying that the individual meets the other eligibility requirements for the award. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Please send the letter of nomination to:

P.A. Mack Award Selection Committee
c/o FACET
755 W. Michigan St, UL 1180
Indianapolis, IN 46202
or e-mail to facet@iupui.edu

Nominations due: April 2, 2010

SELECTION PROCESS
A selection committee will review all letters of nomination, solicit any additional evidence needed in order to make an informed decision, and ultimately select the annual winner. The selection committee will consist of members of FACET who are actively involved in the organization in the form of one or more of its major initiatives (the retreat planning committee, the steering committee, etc.) or serving as a Campus Liaison, and past winners of the award. P.A. Mack, Jr., the person for whom the award is named, serves as an ex-officio member of the committee.

PAST AWARD WINNERS
2009: Jay Howard, IUPUC and Robin Morgan, IU Southeast (honorary)
2008: Mary Fisher, IUPUI and Sharon Hamilton, IUPUI (honorary)
2007: Bernice Pescosolido, IU Bloomington
2006: Scott Sernau, IU South Bend and James Mumford, IU Bloomington (honorary)
2005: Anya Peterson Royce, IU Bloomington
2004: Eileen Bender, IU South Bend
2003: Craig Nelson, IU Bloomington and David Baker, IU Bloomington (honorary)
2002: Pam Jeffries, IUPUI and David Pace, IU Bloomington; and Tom Erlich, IU (honorary)
2001: Randall Osborne, IU East and Ken Gros Louis, IU Bloomington (honorary)
2000: Janet Donley, IU Bloomington
1999: P.A. Mack Jr.