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Stewart Bellman Award for Exemplary Leadership
for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning

NOMINATION GUIDELINES 

Nomination Deadline Extended to June 30, 2008

The Collaboration’s Stewart Bellman Award for Exemplary Leadership for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning recognizes individuals and groups at Collaboration member institutions who have demonstrated their ability to inspire collaborative engagement and foster changes in higher education that result in measurable improvements in teaching and student learning. The recipient of this award will be announced in fall 2008 and the award presented at The Collaboration’s November 21-22, 2008, conference.

Eligibility
Nomination Guidelines
Criteria
Sample nomination
Recognition
About Stewart Bellman

Eligibility

• Nominees may be individuals or groups of faculty, staff, or administrators at any current Collaboration member institution, regardless of position, discipline, or type of appointment. Note: The institution must be a current Collaboration member both at the time of nomination (2007-08) and at the time of the award (2008-09).
• Candidates must have clearly demonstrated all qualities of the selection criteria listed below, including active participation in The Collaboration’s professional community.
• Candidates may not be serving currently on The Collaboration’s Board, staff, or Bellman Award Committee.
• Awards will be made at the discretion of the Award Committee, which may choose to grant no award or multiple awards in any one year.

Nomination Process and Materials

Candidates may be nominated by other faculty, staff, administrators, or students at their own or another Collaboration member institution. The following materials must be submitted for a nomination to be considered:

• A completed nomination cover sheet including the names, titles, institutions, and signatures of at least three individuals supporting the nomination
• A narrative statement, not to exceed two pages, that clearly describes how the nominated individual or group meets the criteria below

 Criteria

 In your narrative statement, please describe your nominee's record of accomplishments with respect to the following award criteria:

• Advocating for the development or adoption of educational approaches that have been demonstrated to be effective in promoting student learning within and outside of their own institution
• Inspiring the engagement of others in meaningful, collaborative change efforts to improve college teaching and learning
• Providing leadership for measurable, sustained improvement in college teaching and learning
• Engaging actively in the programs and professional community of The Collaboration, applying what has been learned from these to improve teaching and learning, and encouraging others to do the same

Sample Nomination

Marion Hogan Larson of Bethel University received The Collaboration's 2007 Bellman Award. To read Marion's nomination statement click here.

Recognition

Award winners will be recognized at The Collaboration’s fall conference, where they will receive a cash award of $1,000. For the conference at which the presentation takes place, The Collaboration will also provide:

• a complimentary registration for each individual awardee or two complimentary registrations for each group of awardees
• travel support and hotel accommodations up to $1,000 per award

Stewart Bellman, Professor and Faculty Development Coordinator, Black Hills State University, and faculty development consultant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, was deeply engaged in improving college teaching and learning and in inspiring and facilitating the engagement of others. In addition to leading the faculty development program at Black Hills State University, he reached out to form a partnership with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a network both within South Dakota and among The Collaboration’s broader membership. He served on The Collaboration’s Steering Committee (the precursor to the Board of Directors) from 1990-96, including terms as vice chair and chair. Before this, he also served on two of The Collaboration’s conference planning committees (November 1992, February 1994) and chaired two others (February 1992, February 1993), in addition to serving on other Collaboration program committees. He attended the annual Symposium of the HBCU Faculty Development Network when it was first launched by a group of Collaboration participants and returned to present a session with one of his undergraduate students. A deeply dedicated but very modest teacher and learner, Stewart was an inspiration to those who worked with him. This award program hopes to inspire and recognize other stories like Stewart’s, and we appreciate this opportunity to honor him through the naming of this award.