Nominate the Distinguished Teacher of the Year!
Deadline: January 19, 2024
Students are asked to submit nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, which will be awarded at the spring Honors Convocation ceremony on April 17, 2024. The Distinguished Teacher of the Year (DTOY) Award is the highest recognition of teaching at FAU. The recipient receives a cash award and delivers the keynote address at the Honors Convocation ceremony.
A student committee from each College will select one finalist from the College from among the nominees submitted. These nominees will then be reviewed by a university-wide committee made up of one student representatives from each of the Colleges. Faculty will be evaluated on the basis of their scholarship, research, and publications; classroom teaching; experience; academic counseling; concern and involvement in student activities; and University and community service.
Nominees must be tenure-earning or tenured professors (Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor). Not eligible for the award are administrators (except department chairs), past Distinguished Teacher of the Year award recipients, adjuncts, instructors, or visiting faculty.
To nominate a faculty member for this prestigious award, please email the following to faudtoy@fau.edu no later than January 19, 2024, 2024:
In the email subject line, please indicate the name of the COLLEGE in which your professor works.
In the body of the email include the following information:
- Teacher’s name
- Their college
- Statement of the reasons why this teacher deserves to be named Distinguished Teacher of the Year
Nominations will then be forwarded to the appropriate College’s student committee.
If you have any further questions, please contact Taina Teran-Campbell in the Office of the Provost.