The deadline for the signed nominating letters for 2015-2016 Glennan Fellowships has been extended to Monday, March 16. The nominee is then responsible for submitting a proposal to UCITE by Monday, March 23, once nominated.
UCITE invites all faculty members to nominate a fellow faculty member whom they think would be a good candidate.
Glennan Fellows are perceived as role models for new faculty and the program is designed to identify and reward promising junior faculty and to facilitate their growth as teachers and scholars. Fellowships will be awarded based on evidence of promise for a balanced career in both teaching and scholarship and on the proposals that are submitted by the nominees.
Glennan Fellows must be regular faculty members who are in the tenure track but not yet tenured, and must also be untenured during the year they hold their fellowships.
The nomination process consists of submitting a letter to UCITE. Any faculty colleague of the nominee may submit this letter, or it can be a self-nomination. The nomination letter must be no longer than a single page and must have three signatures in total (i.e., self-nomination letters must be co-signed by two faculty members other than the nominee). While co-signatures from senior faculty are suggested, they are not essential.
The letter of nomination will form an important part of the nominee’s file that is evaluated for the award. Hence the nominating letter should make a strong case as to why the nominators feel that the nominee deserves the award, such as by defining the qualities of the nominee that make him or her worthy of it and highlighting the evidence of excellence in scholarship and teaching.
More information on the application process is available at case.edu/provost/UCITE/glennan.html.