TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible to compete for the Manahan Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Business, a faculty member must meet the following criteria:

Be a full-time tenured or tenure track faculty member with at least three years service at Illinois State University
Receive support for their candidacy from their department chair
Previous recipients of this award are ineligible for consideration until a minimum of five years has elapsed since receipt of prior award.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

All candidates must submit a complete, up-to-date curriculum vita as part of the application process. In addition, candidates must document the scope and quality of their teaching by preparing and submitting a teaching portfolio.

Please submit application HERE.

TEACHING PORTFOLIO

At a minimum, the teaching portfolio must include the following:

A statement of the candidate’s teaching philosophy.
A statement of the candidate’s teaching responsibilities for the last three years.
A summary of the candidate’s student evaluations of teaching placed in the context of departmental norms.
A summary statement by the department chairperson about the candidate's teaching. This statement should include:
- The candidate’s DFSC ratings in teaching for the previous three years.
- An evaluation of the candidate’s teaching contribution to the department and the discipline as a whole.
Representative course materials from at least two different instructional settings.
Additional portfolio elements, though optional, are desirable and may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Honors, awards, or other forms of recognition received for excellence in teaching.
- Evidence of professional development activities undertaken in regard to teaching .
- Statements from colleagues who have observed the candidate’s teaching.
- Evidence of student achievement as a direct result of the candidate’s teaching.
- Information about new teaching materials or techniques developed
- Evidence of activities undertaken to assist colleagues with their teaching
- Statements from former students who have experienced the candidate’s teaching

Information on the preparation of teaching portfolios may be found in the following references:

Seldin, P. 1991. The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co., Inc.
Seldin, P. 1993. Successful Use of Teaching Portfolios. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co., Inc.

Candidates are encouraged to consult with the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) for additional information about teaching portfolios and their preparation.

PAST WINNERS

2019-20 Dr. Stella Liao, Department of Finance, Insurance, and Law
2018-19: Chris Tamm - Finance, Insurance and Law Department
2017-18: Daniel "Eli" Sherrill - Finance, Insurance and Law Department
2016-17 : Tamra Davis: Marketing Department
2015-16: Hulda Black: Marketing Department
2014-15: Elango Balasubramanian - Management & Quantitative Methods Department
2013-14: Rachel Birkey - Accounting
2012: Kim Judson - Marketing Department
2011: Dale Fitzgibbons - Management & Quantitative Methods Department
2010: Meredith Downes - Management & Quantitative Methods Department
2009: Rosie Hauck - Accounting Department
2008: Masoud Hemmasi - Management & Quantitative Methods Department
2007: Jeri Beggs - Marketing Department
2006: Gary Hunter - Marketing Department
2005: Dan Goebel - Marketing Department
2004: Joe Trefzger - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
2003: John Bantham - Management & Quantitative Methods Department
2002: Joseph Solberg - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
2001: Steven Taylor - Marketing Department
2000: Kevin Celuch - Marketing Department
1999: Joseph Trefzger - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
1998: Michael Humphreys - Marketing Department and Richard Ringer- Management & Quantitative Methods Department
1997: Thomas Haynes, BTE and Michael Williams - Marketing Department

Prior to 1997 the award was known as the "Distinguished Teaching Award." Recipients of this award are listed below.

1996: Jill Attaway and Rodger Singley - Marketing Department
1995: Joe Solberg - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
1993: Tim Longfellow - Marketing Department
1992: Kevin Celuch - Marketing Department
1991: Linda Showers - Marketing Department
1990: Gerald McKean - Accounting Department
1989: George Glisan - Marketing Department
1988: Dixie Mills - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
1987: Jim Cox - Marketing Department
1986: Mona Gardner - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
1983: Max Rexroad - Accounting Department
1982: Patricia Marcum-Grogg - Management & Quantitative Methods Department
1981: Carson Varner - Finance, Insurance & Law Department
1980: Edmund Ficek - Finance, Insurance & Law Department