Dear COEHD Faculty, The U. T. System is seeking nominations for the 2018 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards. Per Steve Leslie, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, “The awards will recognize faculty who deliver the highest quality of undergraduate instruction, demonstrate their commitment to teaching, and have a history and promising future of sustained excellence with undergraduate teaching.” Tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track award recipients will receive $25,000 each. The University of Texas at San Antonio will submit a cadre of tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track/adjunct nominees for consideration of the award. Therefore, each college will submit a maximum of the following numbers of nominees: Tenured Nominees Tenure-Track Nominees * Non-Tenure Track/Adjunct * 2 1 1 * Nominees must have at least three years teaching experience at the university level. The nomination of strong candidates who may already have received teaching awards or teaching award nominations is encouraged. Below you will find the COEHD timeline for the submission/review process. As you can see, the timeframe is very tight and the awards are quite large. Therefore, it is important that we adhere to the timeline. The nomination process will be conducted in two phases: Phase I: Nomination packets should be submitted to Laura Earleywine (laura.earleywine(a)utsa.edu) in the COEHD-Office of the Dean no later than 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017. All nomination packets must contain the following materials for Phase I review: 1. A completed application form (6 pages maximum) (attached) 2. A CV that emphasizes teaching accomplishments (maximum: 15 pages) 3. Written statement delineating their philosophy of teaching (maximum: 3 pages, 12 pt. font). 2 Each college will identify their nominees and email their names to Dr. Maricela Oliva by Friday, November 10,2017. All notified nominees will submit their materials for Phase I review via email to Dr. Maricela Oliva no later than 8:00am on Friday, December 8, 2017 Phase II In January 2018, UTSA ROTA Selection Committee will determine the university's Phase II cohort of nominees who will develop a full e-portfolio to be submitted in March for consideration at the UT System level. Additional detailed information including UT System selection criteria and e-portfolio requirements will be available at https://www.utsystem.edu/offices/academic-affairs/regents-outstanding-tea... If the need for further information should arise, please consult the Faculty Awards web site at http://www.utsa.edu/facultyawards/awards/regents.html (click on Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards) or contact Dr. Maricela Oliva (maricela.oliva@utsa.edu<mailto:maricela.oliva@utsa.edu> ; ext. 2700). Again, if you are interested in applying for the Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Awards, complete nomination packets should be submitted to Laura Earleywine (laura.earleywine@utsa.edu)<laura.earleywine@utsa.edu> in the COEHD-Office of the Dean, by 8 a.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017 Laura Earleywine Administrative Service Officer II COEHD - Office of the Dean The University of Texas at San Antonio MB 3.304 (210) 458-5200 (210) 458-4487 Fax laura.earleywine(a)utsa.edu