IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE

MISSION COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE:

It is time once again to select our college's candidate for the Hayward Award for "Excellence in Education." Each college may nominate one faculty member. All faculty, both teaching and non-teaching are eligible for consideration. Four recipients, one from each area of the state, will be chosen and honored at the Board of Governors' March 11-12, 2002 meeting. The award includes a cash award of $1,250 and eligibility to be forwarded as a nominee for the CASE Professor of the Year Award.

The applicants will be evaluated based on the following five criteria:

1. The candidate should be committed to serving students, either within the classroom as an instructor or outside the classroom as a librarian, counselor, or student services faculty member. The philosophy statement and supporting letter from the local senate should reflect this commitment.

2. The candidate should be committed to the community college. There should be evidence of support for open access and for helping students succeed. The candidate's papers should reflect a commitment to the college at which the candidate works, perhaps through suggestions of ways the candidate has helped to improve the educational environment.

3. The candidate should be committed to serving the institution through participation in professional and/or student activities. There should be evidence of participation with the academic senate, department, or student groups.

4. The candidate should be committed to education. There should be evidence that the candidate maintains currency in the discipline and communicates to students and colleagues an enthusiasm for the discipline and for education in general.

5. The candidate should be committed to serving as a representative of the profession beyond the local institution through service in statewide and/or national activities. There should be evidence of activities that reveal a broader scope of interest, perhaps through publications, participation in community groups, or participation in state or national organizations.

Faculty members previously nominated who did not win are eligible for nomination.

If you are interested in being considered as a nominee for this award, please fill out the enclosed forms and return them to the Academic Senate Office, Room S1-101, NO LATER THAN 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002. The Mission College Academic Senate will select one application from those submitted at its meeting January 24, 2002, and forward all necessary forms to the state Academic Senate by no later than 5:00 p.m., February 4, 2002.  

Thank you.

Jane Patton, President

MC Academic Senate