Dear Colleagues,
I hope some of you will consider nominating a faculty member for the Balmuth award, which are due next Monday. Please my earlier message see below.
Best wishes,
Constance Harsh
Dear Colleagues,
I write to solicit nominations for the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement. This award, endowed by Mark Siegel ’73, is named for Jerry Balmuth, Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Emeritus.
The Balmuth Award celebrates superb teaching at Colgate. The recognition is accompanied by a significant cash prize, and the donor has provided support for an event honoring the awardee that coincides with the April meeting of the Colgate Board of Trustees.
The description of the Balmuth Award is as follows: “The prize will be awarded to a faculty member whose teaching is distinctively successful and transformative, recognizing that such distinction can be achieved through a broad spectrum of methodologies ranging from traditional to innovative, and that transformative teaching nearly always goes hand-in-hand with rich student-faculty engagement.” There have been six prior recipients: Marilyn Thie, Philosophy and Religion (2010); Adam Burnett, Geography (2011); Tony Aveni, Physics and Astronomy / Sociology and Anthropology (2012); Margaret Maurer, English (2013); Doug Johnson, Psychology (2014); and Karen Harpp, Geology (2015).
In your letter of nomination, please identify how the nominee’s teaching fits the description of the award. Letters should be sent by February 1 to Helen Payne (hpayne@colgate.edu). Thank you for your consideration.
Best wishes,
Constance Harsh
Interim Dean of the Faculty and Provost
Professor of English
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY 13346
(315) 228-7222