AFC International Conference on College Teaching and Learning Awards

PROFESSORS BECKER AND MOLINARO RECOGNIZED BY AFC WITH PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS -  Press Release (4/10/18)

 

ErnestBoyerPhotoErnest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology

This award is named in honor of the late Ernest L. Boyer, former Chancellor of the State University of New York and United States Commissioner of Education.  One of the world’s leading educators and visionaries, he came to the presidency of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 1979 and served in this role with great distinction until his death in 1995.  He was named Educator of the Year by News and World Report in 1990, and in 1994, he was awarded the Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, a presidential citation.

The award honors the world’s most highly creative men and women who have contributed significantly to teaching, learning, and technology in higher education.  Each institution of higher education may nominate one faculty member for the award, based on institution-wide searches.  The persons nominated for the Boyer Award must have made contributions with broad, significantly positive effects on student learning, motivation, and creativity beyond their own departments and institutions.

A panel of distinguished faculty will review all nominations for the award and select the winner, who is honored at the AFC International Conference on College Teaching and Learning with a trophy and a $4,000 cash award The award was first presented at the 8th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in 1997.



 

 

Distinguished Faculty Award

The Distinguished Faculty Award recognizes today’s most promising educators.  The award is designed to pay tribute to educators who are guiding twenty-first century students into the future.  New pedagogical techniques and creative thinking are needed to engage and motivate the students of tomorrow.  Today’s faculty are responsible for this challenge.  This award is designed to recognize faculty who are meeting this challenge within their own institution by celebrating their current contributions to advancing education and encouraging their future contributions to the teaching profession.

A panel of distinguished faculty will review all nominations for the award and select the winner, who is honored at the AFC International Conference on College Teaching and Learning with plaque and a $1,000 cash award.