Dean's Innovation Scholar

Dean鈥檚 Innovation Scholar award recognizes significant innovation in course design, teaching practice and learning outcomes assessment among teaching-track faculty in Dietrich College, as well as the promise of these faculty for ongoing creative and effective innovation.

The fellowship provides two years of support for curriculum development, course delivery and learning outcomes assessment, at $10,000 per year (for a total of $20,000). The award is given for two fiscal years, beginning on July 1.

Current Award Holder

Mark Patterson

Mark Patterson聽
Associate Teaching Professor聽
Department of Social and Decision Sciences

Nomination Process

Each department in the college may nominate one candidate. All full-time Dietrich College teaching-track faculty members are eligible for nomination. Faculty who have been nominated in the past, but who did not receive the award, may be re-nominated. No one person may win the award more than once. 聽

  1. A short (no more than one page) cover letter addressed to the Dean鈥檚 Innovation Scholar Award Committee that summarizes the nominee鈥檚 accomplishments and potential for ongoing creative and effective innovation;
  2. the nominee鈥檚 current CV;
  3. and additional materials, such as comments from FCE forms, teaching statements, other measures of teaching effectiveness, or curricular materials created by the nominee, are also welcomed but not required.

Submit a Nomination

The Bess Family Dean of Dietrich College (or a designee) is responsible for the administration of the nomination and selection process. The recipient will be chosen by a college-wide committee appointed by the dean.

Submit your Dean's Innovation Scholar nomination files to the Dietrich College Dean's Office. Note that only files may be uploaded, not folders.