Purpose
Each year, the College of Education and Human Ecology recognizes excellence through multiple awards. Faculty and staff, nominated by their peers, are awarded for their outstanding contributions toward achieving the college’s vision, mission and goals.
Nominations
Faculty and staff are invited to nominate their colleagues for one or more of the EHE distinguished awards. Nomination letters should describe the nominee’s performance and include details about their outstanding contribution to the college, their field/area, and ways in which the nominee exemplifies the description and criteria for the award.
Please address the following in your nomination submission:
- Nominee’s contact information: name, title, email and phone number
- Nominator’s contact information: name, title, email and phone number
- Name of award
- Narrative describing the nominee’s contributions using the following questions as guidelines:
- In what context and for how long have you known the nominee?
- Why have you chosen to nominate this person?
- How does the nominee demonstrate specific aspects of the award? Provide examples citing specific contributions (e.g., program development, leadership, service) to support your nomination.
- Can you certify, to the best of your ability, that the information in this submission is accurate?
Nominations should be submitted to Nicole Luthy at luthy.22@osu.edu by Wednesday, May 1. Please attach your letter of nomination as a Word document or PDF.
Award Criteria and Eligibility
Each category has its own parameters for the nominator to justify and explain how the nominee fulfills the award criteria. All nominees must be part-time (at least 50% FTE) or full-time faculty or staff and must be in good standing with the college. Temporary staff and graduate associates are not eligible. There are eight awards, and the recipients for each category will be recognized at EHE Convocation and receive a $1,000 cash award from the Herrick Fund (Note: Recipients of the staff team award share the cash prize.) Members of the EHE Executive Committee and Staff Advisory Council will review and select awardees. Note: All cash awards, regardless of amount, represent taxable income to the individual.
Awards
EHE Distinguished Teaching Award
This award honors individuals for excellence in teaching that encourages inquiry, reflection and innovation. Recipients value multiple perspectives and infuse technology while encouraging scholarship and collaboration. Nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the EHE Distinguished Teaching Award:
- Supporting inquiry, reflection and innovation through excellent teaching allowing multiple perspectives
- Encouraging scholarship and collaboration among their peers and students
EHE Distinguished Faculty Service Award
This award honors individuals who make extensive contributions to furthering the mission of EHE. Their contributions allow faculty, staff and students to focus positively on achieving excellence. Recipients offer a record of participation and contribution in departmental committees, graduate studies committee, program committees and professional committee memberships. Nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the EHE Distinguished Faculty Service Award:
- Furthering the mission of EHE by both taking direct action and inspiring others
- Offering service to EHE by committee membership or other substantive means
EHE Distinguished Research Award
This award honors individuals who advance the field through transforming and integrating knowledge, facilitating learning, solving compelling problems, contributing to public policy, evaluating practices and programs or interpreting knowledge for relevant audiences. Nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the EHE Distinguished Research Award:
- Scholarly activity that transforms or integrates knowledge within a given field
- Contributions that advance learning, problem-solving, policy, evaluation or scholarly understanding
The Rudine S. Bishop Diversity Enhancement Award
The Rudine S. Bishop Award, named for the emeritus EHE professor who has done award-winning work in the field of African American children’s literature, honors faculty or staff who have demonstrated commitment to enhancing diversity and equity across the college. The individual chosen for this award will have clearly demonstrated their belief in the value of breaking down barriers and supporting equity in the college. This commitment to diversity and equity may be reflected in a number of ways: designing and offering courses that consider diverse and/or underrepresented populations, offering activities that engage EHE students and the college in topics related to diversity and equity; programming activities and events that engage the broader Columbus community; or other activities that enhance the diversity of a unit of the college or the college more broadly. Nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the Rudine S. Bishop Diversity Enhancement Award:
- Demonstrating commitment to enhancing diversity and equity across the college through programming or other specific activities
EHE Faculty Impact Award
This award honors outstanding EHE senior faculty who have made significant and sustained contributions to their fields of study and reflected excellence in all aspects of their career, including teaching, research, leadership and service. Nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the EHE Faculty Impact Award:
- Exhibiting exemplary scholarship related to critical issues in their fields
- Advocating for access and inclusion, social justice and issues of equity in their scholarship
- Paying forward through mentorship and leadership
- Engaging in distinguished service at the local, national and/or international level(s) in pursuit of contributing to the greater good
EHE Distinguished Staff Leadership Award
This award honors exceptional staff leadership within the college. Recipients motivate others by mentoring or coaching, provide excellent service and create an environment that reflects EHE’s mission, vision and goals. Nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the EHE Distinguished Staff Leadership Award:
- Demonstrating effective leadership
- Motivating others to achieve professional and personal development
- Offering service to others and creating an environment that supports EHE's mission, vision and/or goals (see EHE's strategic plan for more information)
EHE Distinguished Staff Award
This award honors outstanding EHE staff who create an environment that fosters respect, integrity, fairness and professionalism. Recipients provide exceptional customer service to enhance faculty, staff and student experiences at The Ohio State University. Letters of nominations should address how the nominee demonstrates the following aspects of the EHE Distinguished Staff Award:
- Creating an environment that fosters respect, integrity, fairness and professionalism
- Encouraging teamwork and collaboration
- Demonstrating exceptional customer service toward staff, faculty and/or students
EHE Outstanding Staff Team Award
This award honors an outstanding group of two or more EHE staff members working as a team to advance the mission, vision, core values and community pillars of EHE. Recipients may be staff who work together consistently on a shared project or be part of a collegewide team, representing multiple units. Nominations should address how the nominees demonstrate the following aspects of the EHE Outstanding Staff Team Award:
- Contributing to a collaborative work culture and exemplifying excellence in their work processes and outcomes
- Demonstrating exemplary teamwork in engaging groups/units across EHE, OSU and/or the broader community context
- Producing achievements that benefit and elevate the entire EHE community