Faculty Recognition Awards

The Graduate Faculty Teaching Award is intended to recognize faculty members for their outstanding teaching performance and advising/supervision of doctoral or terminal degree students.

The program is open to all University faculty members who have been tenured members at the rank of associate or full professor who have been a member of the graduate faculty for a minimum of seven years; who have demonstrated excellence in the advising/supervision of doctoral students with respect to their dissertation research, or of terminal degree students (e.g. M.F.A.) with respect to their scholarly/creative culminating project; demonstrate outstanding teaching performance with respect to didactic (400-, 500-, and 800-level) courses; and who have not yet received the University's highest accolade for teaching and scholarship (i.e., Evan Pugh Professorship, Distinguished Professorship, or Eisenhower or Lindback Awards); and not be a prior recipient of the Graduate Faculty Teaching Award.

Learn about past award recipients.

Nominations for the upcoming academic year will open in the August time frame.

Nominations may be submitted by graduate students, faculty, and staff. Please contact your college graduate education office for important information, attachments and nomination link contained in email announcement.

For more information please contact the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration.

The Graduate School Alumni Society Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award is intended to recognize faculty members for exemplary leadership benefiting graduate students and faculty in an existing graduate degree program at Penn State. Such leadership includes, but is not limited to: enhancement of student recruitment; professional development and placement; mentoring and promotion of faculty and students in the program; enhancement of program diversity, educational quality, resources, and national visibility; promotion of professional ethics and its integration into all elements of graduate programming (academic, research, professional conduct, etc.); and other efforts that enhance the stature of the graduate program both internally and externally. To be eligible for nomination, a faculty member must be an approved member of the graduate faculty at Penn State; be a current or recent chair of an existing graduate degree program; demonstrate excellence in leadership in graduate education; and not be a prior recipient of the award.

Learn about past award recipients.

Nominations for the upcoming academic year will open in the August time frame.

Nominations may be submitted by graduate students, faculty, and staff. Please contact your college graduate education office for important information, attachments and nomination link contained in email announcement.

For more information please contact the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration.

The Howard B. Palmer Mentoring Award was established in 1991 in honor of Dr. Howard Palmer who served as senior associate dean of the Graduate School from 1985-1991. The award is presented to a full-time member of the faculty, with five or more years of active service at Penn State, who demonstrates "effective mentoring through guiding and nurturing the collegial and professional development of junior faculty."

Learn about past award recipients.

Nominations for the upcoming academic year will open in the August time frame.

Nominations may be submitted by graduate students, faculty, and staff. Please contact your college graduate education office for important information, attachments and nomination link contained in email announcement.

For more information please contact the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration.