Faculty Awards FAQ

Q: How do I nominate a faculty member for an award?

A: Nominating a faculty member is simple.

  1. Visit the Faculty Commons JSU webpage and select “JSU Faculty Awards” from the main menu bar.
  2. You will then be directed to the Faculty Awards homepage. There you will find a brief introduction to the JSU Faculty Awards process, the timeline for award submissions, the date for the Faculty Awards Ceremony, and tile boxes that link out to various informational pages.
  3. Select the “Faculty Awards Details & Submissions” tile box.
  4. You will be directed to a page that contains a list of links for each of our available JSU Faculty Awards. Select the award for which you would like to submit a nomination.
  5. You will be taken to the homepage for that award. There you will find the award description, criteria and eligibility, nomination procedures, required nomination documents, and the nomination deadline. Read this information carefully to know what you will need to do before submitting your nomination.
  6. At the bottom of each page for the individual awards, there is a red submission box that will navigate nominators to the Microsoft Form for that particular award. Please note that you must sign into your JSU Microsoft email account to access this form.
  7. Complete all fields of the form (there are three sections—Nominee Information, Nominator Information, and Required Nomination Documents) and submit.
  8. You will receive an email confirming that your submission was received.

Q: Who decides the winners for each of the awards?

A: Good question! We have a few different processes for evaluating faculty awards:

 For the Betty and Earlon McWhorter Outstanding Teacher Award, the Faculty Scholar Lecturer Award, the Cleo and Carla Thomas Award for Outstanding Community Service, the University Service Award, and the Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award a selection committee (Honors Committee) comprised of faculty members from various colleges and disciplines will review nomination packets.

The Vice President of Information Technology will review nomination applications for the Campus Technology Leadership Grant Award.

The William A Meehan Legacy Award is a prestigious honor selected by the Jacksonville State University Council of Deans. 

Q: What happens after the nominator submits the nomination?

A: Once nominations are submitted, the nominator will receive an email from Faculty Commons that confirms that the submission was received.  At that point, the nomination packet will be reviewed by the appropriate reviewing committee.

Q: How will nominees be notified that they are being nominated for an award?

A: Because we want to ensure that all nominees are made aware of the fact that they have been nominated, Faculty Commons will send each nominee from each category a special invitation prior to the Faculty Awards Ceremony through campus mail. Special invitations will be sent to nominees in March 2024. 

Q: Where do I submit my research for a Faculty Research Activity Award?

A: Because research submitted for the Faculty Research Activity Award is not vetted or peer-reviewed and because everyone who submits research is recognized at Faculty Awards, it has been renamed and re-categorized as Faculty Research Activity Recognition. Our goal is to provide faculty who have conducted research in the past year a place to share their accomplishments.

Follow the steps below to submit:

  1. Visit the Faculty Commons JSU webpage and select “JSU Faculty Awards” from the main menu bar.
  2. You will then be directed to the Faculty Awards homepage. There you will find a brief introduction to the JSU Faculty Awards process, the timeline for award submissions, the date for the Faculty Awards ceremony, and tile boxes that link out to various informational pages.
  3. Select the “Faculty Research Activity Recognition” tile box.  
  4. You will be taken to Faculty Research Activity Recognition homepage.
  5. There you will find a link that will navigate you to the Faculty Research Activity Recognition Microsoft Form. Please note that you must sign into your JSU Microsoft email account to access this form.
  6. Read carefully and complete all required fields in the form and submit.
  7. Research information submitted to the form will be pulled verbatim for the 2023 Faculty Awards Digital Program. Please note that Faculty Commons will print research titles, descriptions, and citations exactly as they are submitted and will not correct typos or errors, so be sure to proofread all submissions.  
  8. You will receive an email confirming that your submission was received.