Nominate your favorite prof for top awards
Did you have a favorite teacher who was a great mentor or a great teacher who made a tremendous impact on you or changed your life? Only students and alumni can make nominations for the University of Cincinnati’s Mrs. A.B. “Dolly” Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching and the George Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations. Nominations are open now through 11:59 p.m., October 6, 2020.
Students and alumni may go to the following nomination websites to look at the criteria and make their nominations online:
- George Barbour Award got Good Faculty-Student Relations
- Mrs. A.B. "Dolly’ Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching
Please note that faculty nominees must be at least in their seventh year of full-time teaching at UC to be eligible. Nominations can only be made through the online system. Once nominations are made, eligible nominees will be notified of the second step in the nomination process, which involves preparation of an electronic dossier for the Barbour-Cohen Award Selection Committee to consider when choosing the final winners.
These awards are part of UC's All-University Faculty Awards, which are sponsored by the Office of the President, Faculty Senate and the Provost Office.
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