Objective

This award is intended to recognize a faculty member who has spent most of his/her academic career at the FEA and who has contributed with distinction and excellence to the FEA over a substantial period of time.

This award is a high honor that a faculty member can achieve from the FEA only while still actively employed. The Emeritus status applies to faculty members who have retired.

Award Criteria

The following criteria shall be applicable in selecting the recipients of this award:

1. The individual must hold the rank of professor in the Faculty and be in a non-administrative position at the time of the award.

2. The individual must have served in the Faculty for at least twenty years and be active in teaching, research, and service at the time of the award.

3. The individual must be recognized within FEA for significant contributions to research, teaching, and service. Such contributions should have taken place over a substantial period of time and should have had a positive and significant impact, as described below.

1. The individual shall be recognized internationally as having made significant contributions to his/her area of research or creative work. Such contributions may include but are not limited to seminal work, peer-reviewed publications, authorship of books and manuscripts, editorship of prestigious journals, awards, design projects, exhibitions, and creative work.
   
2. The individual shall be a committed teacher who has led students to achieve the best that they can and has provided them with excellent learning experiences. Indication of distinction in teaching can include but is not limited to teaching awards, introduction of new courses, developing curricula to significantly improve existing courses, innovative and effective teaching methods, up-to-date education design and delivery, and testimonies by previous students.
   
3. The individual shall have an outstanding service record both within the FEA and AUB and on a regional, national or international level. Service within the FEA and AUB can include but is not limited to exceptional contribution while a member of a committee, administrative work, and/or the development of significant new programs, centers, or research groups. Service outside of AUB can include but is not limited to lectures in non-academic settings, radio or television interviews, membership with exceptional contributions to professional groups or associations, and/or work with government agencies.

4. The individual receiving the award must have maintained the highest professional and ethical standards in all areas of his/her work.

Award Committee

The Dean of the FEA shall form an award committee when s/he receives an award nomination that is deemed appropriate to merit consideration. Members of the award committee from the FEA and AUB must be of the professorial rank and represent the department, the FEA, and AUB outside the FEA. In addition, the award committee shall include at least one member from outside AUB who is familiar with the nominee’s research, teaching, or service contributions at the national, regional, or international level. The dean may chair the committee or appoint one of its members as chair.

The nomination letters and supporting material, including the candidate’s CV, shall comprise the nominee’s file in being considered for the award. The award committee may solicit additional information or documents or may interview faculty members, students, or other individuals in considering the nomination. The committee may also use a variety of other means to determine the individual’s contributions.

It is clearly understood that the award will only be granted when there is a worthy recipient who has made significant contributions to the environment and reputation of the FEA. Administrative excellence and length of service may not be used as the sole criteria for granting the award. In general, there should be substantial evidence that the individual’s professional life has been characterized by a commitment to activities of significant benefit to the FEA as opposed to a one-time major involvement in a single activity.

Following its deliberations, the committee shall vote on the granting of the award to the nominee. A two-thirds majority shall be required for confirming the recommendation to grant the award.

Award Recognition

Award recipients shall have the designation “Recipient of the Outstanding FEA Professor Award” beside their names in faculty lists. The individuals shall also receive a personal award plaque and their names shall be engraved on a plaque prominently displayed in an FEA building.

 

List of faculty who won this award.