Faculty, staff and students are invited to nominate deserving individuals for several awards that recognize both exemplary instruction, leadership and service to Clemson University and the broader community.
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- Graduate School Awards
- Student Affairs Awards
- Faculty Senate Award
- Mentoring in Creative Inquiry Awards
- Provost Teaching Awards
- Academic Success Center Awards
- Ralph D. Elliott Endowed Award
- Thomas Green Clemson Award
- College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences (CAFLS) Award
Graduate School Awards
Deadline: February 15, 2023
Frankie O. Felder Graduate Student Award of Excellence: Presented to one graduating master’s student or doctoral candidate who exhibits academic excellence and inspires others by demonstrating perseverance through adversity. The winner receives a commemorative medallion and a cash prize.
Deadline: March 1
Norsaadeh Hussain International Graduate Student Support Award: Presented to one staff or faculty member to recognize their excellence in supporting international graduate students. The winner receives $1,000 with an additional $500 for their department.
Clemson University Distinguished Graduate Student Support Staff Award: Presented to one staff member to recognize their excellence in supporting graduate students. The winner receives $1,000 with an additional $500 for their department. Nominations are due March 1.
Clemson University Distinguished Doctoral Mentoring Award: Presented to two faculty members to recognize their excellence in mentoring doctoral students. Winners receive $1,000 with an additional $500 for their department.
Graduate School Award for Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Presented to one graduate student, staff, or faculty member to recognize their commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through their engagement in graduate education at Clemson University. The winner receives $1,000.
Deadline: March 15, 2023
Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award: Presented to two graduate student researchers to recognize their outstanding contributions to research activity and their future promise as researchers. Winners receive $1,000.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Presented to two graduate student teaching assistants to recognize their outstanding contributions to student learning and development. Winners receive $1,000.
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Student Affairs Awards
Deadline: February 17, 2023
Frank A. Burtner Award for Excellence in Advising: Awarded to a faculty or staff member who excels in developing students in the areas of leadership, devotion to duty and service while serving as an advisor to students or student organizations (academic or non-academic).
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Non-Student Award: Given in recognition of the recipient’s influence for good, excellence in maintaining high ideals of living and service before self.
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Faculty Senate Award
Deadline: March 2, 2023
Centennial Professorship Award: Bestowed by the Clemson University faculty on an outstanding colleague in recognition of their demonstrated excellence in meeting their responsibilities as University faculty members. The Professorship is supported by an endowment jointly funded by the Clemson University faculty and their friends and a matching grant from the Commission on Higher Education. In keeping with recent historical rotation of the award, nominations of only those faculty from the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Science will be accepted for the 2023 Centennial Professorship.
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Mentoring in Creative Inquiry Awards
Deadline: March 2, 2023
Phil and Mary Bradley Faculty Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry: This award is presented each spring in recognition of outstanding work with undergraduate students. Nominations are accepted from student participants in Creative Inquiry. The award is made possible by generous gifts from Phil and Mary Bradley and consists of a plaque and a salary supplement.
Graduate Student Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry: This award is presented each spring in recognition of outstanding work with undergraduate students. Nominations are accepted from undergraduate student participants in Creative Inquiry projects. The award consists of a plaque and a salary supplement.
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Provost Outstanding Teaching Awards
Deadline: March 3, 2023
Provost Junior Special Rank Outstanding Teaching Award
Provost Senior Special Rank Outstanding Teaching Award
Provost Junior Tenure-Track Outstanding Teaching Award
Provost Senior Tenured Outstanding Teaching Award
In particular, the Provost Teaching Awards recognize efforts by instructors to improve student learning experiences. The Teaching Awards are designed to recognize efforts by instructors to adopt new teaching strategies and new pedagogies, incorporate experiential learning experiences, apply inclusive practices and universal design for learning, impactful teaching technologies, and other means to increase student engagement and success. Demonstrable impact on student learning is key, whether through individual teaching, team teaching, peer mentoring of colleagues, and/or departmental leadership. These awards recognize demonstrable positive impacts on the quality of teaching at Clemson University.
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Academic Success Center Awards
Deadline: March 3, 2023
Dr. Ted G. Westmoreland Award for Faculty Excellence: This award is presented annually to honor a distinguished faculty member who has made exemplary contributions to undergraduate student success at Clemson University. The award recipient receives a monetary award and a plaque. Additionally, the faculty member’s name is added to the perpetual Dr. Ted G. Westmoreland Award for Faculty Excellence plaque on display in the Class of 1956 Academic Success Center Building.
Class of 1956 Award for Staff Excellence: This award is presented annually to honor a distinguished staff member who has made exemplary contributions to undergraduate student success at Clemson University. The award recipient receives a monetary award and a plaque. Additionally, the staff member’s name is added to the perpetual Class of 1956 Award for Staff Excellence plaque on display in the Class of 1956 Academic Success Center Building.
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Ralph D. Elliott Endowed Award
Deadline: March 13, 2023
The Ralph D. Elliott Award for Outstanding Service to Off-Campus Distance, and Continuing Education: Established in 2006 by family and friends of Dr. Elliott in honor of his retirement as Vice Provost for Off-Campus, Distance and Continuing Education & Professor of Economics.
The purpose of the award is to recognize and honor a Clemson University faculty, staff or administrator who has promoted initiatives in the field of credit or noncredit continuing education in a worthy and exemplary manner.
The recipient of this award will be selected according to the following criteria:
- Served as an excellent teacher or mentor;
- Developed and/or coordinated model continuing education programs, off campus or distance education programs;
- Facilitated new programming areas through continuing education, off campus or distance education;
- Opened new avenues for the advancement of education, off campus or distance education organizations at the state, regional or national level.
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Thomas Green Clemson Award
Deadline: March 13, 2023
The Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence: Established to recognize Clemson University faculty and staff whose teaching, research and/ or service have been exemplary. The award will be given to individuals who have made sustained and significant contributions to academic life at Clemson University. While all Clemson faculty and staff are eligible, nominations are particularly encouraged for individuals whose contributions have not been previously recognized at the University level.
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College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences (CAFLS) Award
Deadline: March 15, 2023
Rowland P. Alston, Sr., ’42 Award for Excellence in Public Relations: This award recognizes outstanding Clemson University faculty or staff who, through programs and activities related to agriculture and/or natural resources, have provided Clemson University with positive visibility throughout South Carolina, the United States, and the world. The recipient may be from any discipline or area of the university but utilizes agriculture or the natural resources as their vehicle of influence. The award includes a $2,500 stipend and a plaque for the recipient. The award is made possible by an endowment established by Rowland Alston, retired extension agent and former host of the public television program “Making It Grow,” in memory of his father.