Excellence in Service Award

The Award

• The award is given once each academic year.
• The award is announced at the All-Campus meeting in June, with the recipient receiving a $2,000 prize.

Eligibility

• Must have at least three years of continuous service as a full-time faculty/instructor.
• Recipients may be re-eligible for the award three academic years after receiving the award.
• No self-nominations allowed.
• Nominations must be received by May 30, 2025.

Criteria

The award will be based on a faculty member’s service record over the course of his or her years of service to the university, with due consideration to a faculty member’s status and stage of academic career. Service includes both to the institution – the department, college and university – and externally to the profession and community. The evaluation of a faculty member’s service record requires consideration of the leadership roles a faculty member has played, the quality and impact of his or her work, and the contributions he/she has made to the effective operation of the college and/or university and to the external communities served by the university. Outstanding service can be demonstrated by, among other things, evidence of chairing or being an active member of significant department, college or university committees, taskforces or groups; providing exceptional mentoring to university colleagues; being an officer or contributing member of a professional or academic organization that substantially enhances the stature of the university; and serving in a leadership role in activities external to the university that contributes to the fulfillment of the university mission or has a substantial impact on the community.

Nomination Procedure

Any Bellevue University student, faculty member, department chair, dean or colleague may nominate a faculty member/instructor (no self-nominations allowed). Submit nominations for this award via electronic mail or in a sealed envelope labeled Faculty Award for Excellence in Service Nomination through the dean of the faculty member’s college. Nominations must be received on or before 5:00 p.m. on May 30, 2025 to be eligible. The Dean’s Office will contact the nominee to ask if he/she will accept the nomination prior to forwarding all nominations to the Office of the Chief Academic Officer. Nomination forms are available online at www.bellevue.edu/event-forms/staff-faculty-awards/awards or paper version within each college. The nomination must contain a statement in support of the nominee.

Announcement and Disbursement

The recipient will be announced at the All-Campus meeting in June. The funds will be disbursed on or after July 1st.