Awards

To view the 2012 UMKC Celebration of Excellence Faculty Staff Awards recipients, click here.

The UMKC Teaching Awards Committee has made the following recommendations for preparing the Teaching Award nomination materials. 

UMKC Teaching Awards Nomination materials should include:

1. A letter of nomination from the Department Chair (or immediate Supervisor) detailing the nominee’s unique qualifications for the award.
2. Nominee’s current CV, not to exceed 5 pages, emphasizing material relevant to the award, including a list of all courses taught by the nominee (list of courses can be separate from CV).
3. Course evaluation summaries for all courses, including departmental and school norms (averages or median scores).  Please do not include raw data or large numbers of scanned evaluation forms.  Student comments may be extracted from the original evaluation forms and summarized in a brief document (not to exceed 2 pages)
4. Sample Course syllabi (5 maximum)
5. Letter of support from the Dean. 
6. Statement of Teaching Philosophy from Candidate (2-page maximum).

Additional materials:  A maximum of 6 additional letters of support (not to exceed 3 letters from colleagues and/or 3 letters from students) may be included in the portfolio.

Nomination materials should be in 10 pt or larger font.  

Send electronic nomination materials prior to midnight November 1 via email to: awards@umkc.edu

If you have questions regarding UMKC Award Nominations, please contact Beci Edmundson at edmundsonr@umkc.edu, 235-2721.

Each year, the UMKC community celebrates the accomplishments of our outstanding faculty and staff.  These awards recognize excellence in the areas of research and creative activity, teaching, student mentoring, service and engagement.  Awards are presented at the annual spring faculty and staff recognition ceremony.

Click Here for a complete list of UMKC Awards and nomination requirements.

Nominators must assemble a complete nomination packet containing all required nomination materials (including letters of support/reference).  Complete nomination packet must be submitted all together in one electronic submission via email to awards@umkc.edu prior to the nomination deadline; incomplete nomination packets cannot be considered.  Email ‘Subject’ line must contain Award Name and Nominee’s Last Name (sample Subject line: “Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Award – JONES”).

If you have questions regarding the UMKC Awards process, please contact Beci Edmundson, (816) 235-2721 or e-mail awards@umkc.edu.

The nomination deadline for all UMKC Awards is November 1 annually.

UM System’s Presidential Award Nominations are due January 20, 2012.  Click Here for a complete list of UM Presidential Awards and nomination forms.

Call for Nominations for the UM President’s Awards

The UM System Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2012 President’s Awards.  Any benefit-eligible faculty member may be nominated for the awards, which are as follows:

• Innovative Teaching  – Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012
• Economic Development - Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012
• Excellence (Sustained Excellence and Early Career) – Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012
• University Citizenship (Leadership, Service and Mentoring) – Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012
• Engagement (Cross-Cultural and Community) – Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012
• Inter-Campus Collaboration - Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012
• Thomas Jefferson - Submit electronic nomination file to Awards@umkc.edu before January 20, 2012

We also invite nominations for the Student Entrepreneur of the Year, which should be sent directly to UM System per nomination form guidelines before January 31, 2012. 

Details and nomination forms are available by clicking the award names above, or by visiting http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/aa/awards.   

Please note that all UM Presidential Award nominations must be reviewed and approved by the UMKC Provost and Chancellor prior to submitting to UM System, therefore all nominations (except Student Entrepreneur of the Year) should be sent electronically to Awards@umkc.edu by January 20, 2012.  

All required nomination materials (see Nomination Form for list of required materials for each award) should be in electronic format and merged into one single PDF file (see nomination form for file name requirements).   All letters of support should be signed and appear on appropriate department, unit, university, corporate, or organizational letterhead.

For additional information, please contact Beci Edmundson (edmundsonr@umkc.edu) in the UMKC Faculty Affairs office.

Two UMKC faculty members have received 2011 University of Missouri System Presidential Awards:

   MARY KAY KISTHARDT (Law): The President’s Award for Faculty Engagement – Community Engagement.

This award recognizes contributions to an environment that encourages the academic, cultural, economic, spiritual or social development of members of a community. Award recipients also demonstration engagement with students, local community groups, or organizations through volunteerism or academic programs to improve a community.    Mary Kay Kisthardt is the Tiera M. Farrow Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at the School of Law, and the 2010 recipient of the UMKC Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement.  Prof. Kisthardt has devoted her career – her scholarship, teaching and research – to improving the lives of children and families.     She is the Faculty Co-director of the Law School’s Child and Family Services Clinic. She has a record of sustained leadership with public and community organizations to address critical community concerns, particularly those that impact children. She was an early pioneer in encouraging the use of mediation to resolve family disputes and has most recently co-authored a booklet that assists parents in talking to their children about their divorce. She also encourages her students to engage in community service by incorporating service learning components in her classes.  For more than 20 years, she has served on Ethics Committee at Children’s Mercy Hospital. She provides continuing education to hospital professionals on the legal aspects of their work and has played a key role in writing important hospital policies.   Also during the last 20 years, she has served as Executive Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Her leadership in that organization has involved more than publishing a semi-annual scholarly journal. More than one of the specialized journal symposia that she has helped shepherd to completion has become the basis for substantial law reform. She has twice been awarded the Academy’s Presidential Award for her contributions to the Academy’s mission.

   GARY EBERSOLE (A&S History): The President’s Award for University Citizenship – Leadership.

The Leadership Award recognizes faculty who have provided exemplary leadership for the university. Examples of areas of leadership include, but are not limited to, faculty/shared governance, major curricular reform or program development, chairing a department or academic program, and fostering collaboration between or among departments, divisions or schools.   Gary Ebersole is Professor and Chair of the History Department.  In nominating him for the award, one of his colleagues wrote, “Gary because a member of the Faculty Senate representing the College of Arts and Sciences where he had been recruited to establish a Center for Religious Studies. With his characteristic diligence and impeccable scholarship he became Chair of the History and Religious Studies Department.  “Several years of sustained effort occurred following which he was elected Chair of the UMKC Faculty Senate in 2006. Leading by example, he carefully identified and nurtured individuals to create committees and establish the processes necessary to execute the Collected Rules and Regulations.”  Dr. Ebersole’s leadership has been a major force in initiating, fostering and guiding infrastructure development in the Senate essential for effective faculty governance. Through his leadership, the Senate has established the ability to find practical solutions to complex problems and to effectively build teams, manage aprojects and produce positive results.

Click here to view the entire list of UM Presidential Award Recipients.

Click here to read the UMatters article with names and photos of all 2011 Celebrating Excellence Campus Faculty & Staff Award Recipients.

Click here to review the list of winners on the UMKC Awards blog.

Be sure to attend the 2011 “Celebrating Excellence” Faculty & Staff Awards Ceremony at Pierson Auditorium on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 from 3-5 pm (refreshments served).

Each year, the UMKC community celebrates the accomplishments of our outstanding faculty and staff.  These awards recognize excellence in the areas of research and creative activity, teaching, student mentoring, service and engagement.  Awards are presented at the annual spring faculty and staff recognition ceremony.

Click on the tabs above to review award criteria and nomination requirements for each award.

Nominators must assemble a complete nomination packet containing all required nomination materials (including letters of support/reference).  Complete nomination packet must be submitted all together in one electronic submission via email to awards@umkc.edu prior to the nomination deadline; incomplete nomination packets cannot be considered.  Email ‘Subject’ line must contain Award Name and Nominee’s Last Name (sample Subject line: “Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Award – JONES”).

If you have questions regarding the UMKC Awards process, please contact Beci Edmundson, (816) 235-2721 or e-mail awards@umkc.edu.

The nomination deadline is November 1 annually unless otherwise noted.