University Distinguished Scholar Committee

1.3.11 UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR COMMITTEE

The purpose of the University Distinguished Scholar Program is to recognize those members of the faculty who have distinguished records of scholarly or creative achievement. An individual identified as a University Distinguished Scholar will receive a grant of twelve (12) hours of on-load time, to be used in a single semester, to pursue scholarly or creative activities of a significant nature. The University Distinguished Scholar Committee will be composed of the Chair, or his or her designee, of each of the five College/School Research Committees. The Committee will elect a chair from among its members. Terms of office on the Committee will be concurrent with the terms of each member on his or her College/School Research Committee. The Union and Administration will each appoint a member without vote to serve as an observer.

1.3.11.1 Procedure

Faculty members may either apply or be nominated for consideration in the University Distinguished Scholar Program. In either case, candidates must provide evidence of a substantial record of outstanding scholarly or creative work and present a proposal for the use of the on-load time which shows promise of resulting in a significant contribution to the selected field. The Committee will consider both past performance and the proposed work in making its recommendations. Each College/School Research Committee will annually evaluate materials submitted by faculty members from the College/School. Up to three or a maximum of 25% of the proposals submitted may be forwarded, without ranking, from each College/School to the University Distinguished Scholar Committee.

The University Distinguished Scholar Committee will review the materials forwarded from the Colleges/Schools and will recommend to the President the names of the two candidates deemed most worthy of designation as University Distinguished Scholars. The initial University Distinguished Scholar Committee shall develop and disseminate a clear statement of the form in which supporting materials are to be submitted, the procedure for evaluation and the manner in which the University Distinguished Scholars are to report the results of their work to the Committee. When changes in the procedures are deemed necessary, they will be the responsibility of the outgoing Committee. The guidelines developed by the Committee must be submitted to the Overview Committee for acceptance.