About the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence
The Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence acknowledge and provide systemwide recognition for consistently superior commitment to student learning and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence at the colleges and universities of Minnesota State.
Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching was established in 2007. Board of Trustees bestow the award upon faculty within Minnesota State to acknowledge and reward exceptional commitment to student learning and to encourage ongoing excellence in teaching.
The award proclaims, on behalf of the entire system, the Board of Trustees’ pride in the dedication and accomplishment of its faculty who provide instruction that prepares Minnesota college and university students for their professional, scholarly and civic lives.
Outstanding Educators
Outstanding Educators are faculty identified at a college or university who are exemplary educators, identified through a local committee process, and nominated by the college or university president for selection as an Educator of the Year.
Educators of the Year
Educators of the Year are faculty chosen from the pool of Outstanding Educators to be honored by the Board of Trustees as representative of teaching excellence across the system.
Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Service
The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Service was established in 2015. It is an honor bestowed upon university service faculty to acknowledge and reward exceptional commitment to students and to encourage ongoing excellence in the key roles that service faculty fulfill at our system’s universities.
They are responsible for advising and counseling students; for the recruitment, retention, and placement of students; for residential life programming; facilitation of student groups and student leadership; and other involvement in university and community activities.
Outstanding Service Faculty
Outstanding Service Faculty are university administrative service faculty identified at each university who are exemplary service faculty, identified through a local committee process, and nominated by the university president for selection as Service Faculty of the Year.
Service Faculty of the Year
Service Faculty of the Year is the faculty member chosen from the pool of Outstanding Service Faculty to be honored by the Board of Trustees as representative of university administrative service excellence across the system.