Nomination Process
See the full call for nominations for information on award amounts, eligibility, and tips for submitting a successful nomination.
Call for Nominations
Nominations may be submitted by staff, undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty. Faculty may not self-nominate. Nominators will be asked to provide the following:
- Nominee biography (no more than half a page, 12-point font, single spaced)
- Nomination statement describing why the nominee is worthy of the award (no more than one page, 12-point font, single spaced)
2024 Nominations are now closed.
Award Categories
Luis Glaser Mentorship Award
The Luis Glaser Mentorship Award recognizes a member of the faculty who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to mentoring students. Exceptional mentoring can include offering advice, feedback, guidance, or coaching; providing professional opportunities for mentees; or assisting in the development of life skills.
Excellence in Experiential Teaching Award
The Excellence in Experiential Teaching Award recognizes a member of the faculty who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the student learning process, integrating excellent teaching with opportunities for experiential learning through curricular and co-curricular activities, and actively promoting and guiding learning outside of the classroom. Nominees should excel at developing students’ “practical intelligence.”
Clinical Teaching Award
The Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award recognizes a member of the faculty who has made significant contributions to the development of future health professionals by demonstrating an outstanding commitment to effective, exemplary, and innovative instruction in a clinical setting and serving as a role model clinician to trainees through their exceptional empathy, professionalism, and clinical skills. Nominees should excel at implementing innovative approaches to teaching, including the use of technology, experiential teaching methods, or other creative approaches to curriculum design.
Collaborative Teaching Award
The Collaborative Teaching Award recognizes a team of faculty from different departments who are collaborating to provide unique courses and learning experiences that transcend individual disciplines. Such experiences provide students with multiple perspectives and ways of thinking that can lead to deeper understanding, creative problem-solving, and innovation.
Discussion-Based Learning Award
The Discussion-Based Learning Award recognizes a member of the faculty who has created engaging educational experiences that leverage dialogue and discussion-based techniques, such as the Harkness Method, flipped learning, and problem-based learning. These methods enrich the learning experience and prepare students to address complex problems through dialogue and collaboration.
Innovation in Teaching Award
The Innovation in Teaching Award recognizes a member of the faculty who has overcome a difficult course-related problem with a novel and enduring approach (novel meaning that it is new to the University of Miami or new to a discipline). The innovation may be made through technology or involve adopting a new teaching format, a novel engagement with content, the creation of new learning activities, or engagement with external entities. There should be evidence that the innovation made a demonstrable difference in learning outcomes.
