Faculty and Staff Recognition

Faculty and Staff Recognition

Honoring faculty and staff who advance the mission of the university in teaching, research and service.

Spring 2025 Recipients

Recognition Archives

Awardees

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Nomination Details

Professorships

Submit nominations to casdeansoffice@unl.edu by October 1, 2025, for university professorships. For a list of university professorships available for nomination in the current cycle, see the EVC professorships website.

The Douglas/Weaver, Cather/Bessey, and Rosowski professorship nominations are solicited every year. The EVC’s Office will announce the availability of other professorships by mid-September. Faculty interested in nominating a colleague or in nominating themselves should have an initial conversation with their unit chair or director before submitting.

These nominations must be reviewed and ranked by the CAS Endowed Professorships Committee prior to submission to the EVC, which posts a later deadline. The Dean’s Office will send nominations forward for further consideration as the committee directs.

Teaching Awards

Submit nominations to casdeansoffice@unl.edu by Dec. 1, 2025, for the upcoming teaching awards at the university or college level. All nominations must be reviewed by the CAS Awards Committee.

Applies to: College Distinguished Teaching Award, Hazel McClymont Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award, Annis Chaikin Sorensen Distinguished Teaching Award in the Humanities*, Edgerton Junior Faculty Award*.

* University awards submitted to the EVC by the Dean’s Office.

Other Awards

Submit nominations to casdeansoffice@unl.edu by Dec. 1, 2025, for: CAS Mentoring Awards (faculty and staff), CAS Engagement Awards (individual and group), CAS Outstanding Research and Creativity Awards (ORCA)—one for each category of Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.

Submit nominations for the monthly staff Applause Award and for the monthly student worker Ovation Award online at any time!

College-level Recognition

Applause Award

Monthly award honoring our staff who perform their jobs extraordinarily well. Six recipients will receive an Annual Applause Award at our annual celebration.

CAS Engagement Award

Recognizes people or units involved in exemplary engagement activities that have an impact beyond the university.

CAS Mentoring Award

Honors faculty or staff involved in exemplary mentoring activities. Many of our faculty and staff are dedicated and effective mentors, and this award recognizes mentoring excellence that goes above and beyond normally expected contributions.

College Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award

Recognizes significant research and creative accomplishments of UNL faculty in the last five years.

Distinguished Teaching Awards

The College Distinguished Teaching Award honors consistently excellent teaching. The Hazel McClymont Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award honors exemplary teaching, based on four criteria.

Ovation Award

Recognizing our outstanding student workers.

Professorships

University professorships are the highest form of recognition offered at the campus level.

  • Due to the college by October 1, 2025 - the college due date is earlier than the EVC date because the college's Endowed Professorship Committee and the dean review the files.
  • Nomination process
  • Awardees

University-level Recognition

Annis Chaikin Sorensen Distinguished Teaching Award in the Humanities

Recognizes an individual for his/her outstanding teaching in the humanities.

Edgerton Junior Faculty Award

Honors an outstanding junior faculty member who has demonstrated creative research, extraordinary teaching abilities, and academic promise.

  • Due to the college by December 2, 2024
  • Provide the nomination letter, abbreviated c.v., and candidate statement. Do not complete the nomination form—the college will submit this on behalf of the top-ranked nominee. Instructions.

 

 

O’Hanlon Academic Leader Award

Honors an academic leader who has demonstrated exceptional abilities to lead, serve, inspire, and collaborate on the academic goals of the university.

System-level Recognition

Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award (FIPICA)

Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have developed and nurtured new intellectual property from concept to licensing/startup business.

Innovation, Development, and Engagement Award (IDEA)

Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have extended their academic expertise beyond the boundaries of the University in ways that have enriched the broader community.

Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award

Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have conducted outstanding research or creative activity of national/international significance.

Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA)

Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have developed meritorious and sustained records of excellence in teaching and creativity related to teaching.

University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA)

Honors a department/unit at the University of Nebraska which has outstanding esprit de corps in its dedication to the education of students at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.