SECTION 7: FACULTY TITLES, AWARDS, OTHER POLICIES AND SERVICES
7.3 Faculty Awards
7.3.1 The Grellet C. Simpson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching This award, named for a former President and given to one member of the full-time faculty at the commencement ceremony, is supported by an anonymous donor. The Dean has the responsibility for soliciting nominations for the Grellet C. Simpson Award. A special committee (consisting of the last three winners of this award and the Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award) will review nomination letters and recommend an appropriate recipient of the award to the Dean.
7.3.2 The Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award This award, supported by the University of Mary Washington Alumni Association, is given to one member of the faculty who has been at the University at least two but no more than five years. The award is presented at the commencement ceremony. The Dean has the responsibility for soliciting nominations for the Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Member. A special committee (consisting of the last three winners of this award and the Grellet C. Simpson Award) will review nomination letters and recommend to the Dean an appropriate recipient of the award.
7.3.3 The Mary Pinschmidt Award This faculty award, presented annually at the commencement ceremony, honors the memory of a long-time professor of biology who served as a role model and practitioner of exceptional liberal arts teaching as well as a generous and tireless contributor of service to her colleagues, her students, and the institution at large. The recipient is selected by students as the professor “we are most likely to remember as the one who had the greatest impact on our lives.” Additional details are provided in the annual call for nominations.
7.3.4 The J. Christopher (Topher) Bill Service Award This award is given annually to a person who has served a minimum of seven years as a full-time member of the teaching faculty of the College and who has been heavily and consistently involved in a variety of service capacities (department, College-wide, and community). Named to honor the memory of a former professor of psychology, the award was created through donations by his students, colleagues, friends and family members. The award is presented at either the opening general faculty meeting in the fall or the closing meeting of the entire faculty in the spring. Additional details are provided in the annual call for nominations.
7.3.5 Outstanding Faculty Awards (SCHEV) Each year, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Education selects a small number of faculty from throughout the State to be honored with Outstanding Faculty Awards. The University can nominate two faculty members for consideration. (Ordinarily, the automatic nominees are the recipients of the Grellet C. Simpson Award and the Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award.) The nominees and the Dean work together to prepare the nomination dossiers that are submitted to SCHEV.