Faculty Awards

All faculty members with at least three years of continuous service in the College of Pharmacy may be nominated.  A staff member cannot win this award if they have won it in the previous three years. 

2023 - Janet Antwi

All full-time and part-time faculty may be nominated.  A faculty or staff member cannot win this award if they have won it in the previous three years. 

• Applicant must be engaged in a teaching role at the College of Pharmacy (staff, faculty, postdoc, lecturer, guest lecturer, etc.) at the time of application and during the time the activity was delivered.
• The teaching activity must have been delivered to a class of students within the current or previous academic year and must have occurred in a pharmacy-related course. (This includes traditional courses as well as courses for continuing education and outreach & engagement).
• The educator must have designed or redesigned the teaching activity within the current or previous academic year. (For example, an activity that has been through several iterations over several years is eligible as long the educator spent time reworking the activity within this time frame.)
• Applicants may apply to any of the three categories to align with the level at which the activity took place: Undergraduate, Graduate & Lifelong Learning, or Professional. Applicants may apply to more than one category, but the submitted teaching activity must be unique to each application. 
• Educators who designed and delivered an activity as a group may apply together.
• Winners are ineligible to apply in the year immediately following their award, but may apply again after that.

Applicants should prepare their materials before accessing the application. Applicants should submit a teaching activity they planned and delivered, along with a statement that includes a description of the pedagogical problem they addressed through the activity and an assessment of how well the activity engaged students and resolved the learning problem. 

One award will go to an educator in each of the following three teaching categories: Undergraduate, Graduate & Lifelong Learning, and Professional Education. While applicants will apply directly for this award, we also invite recommendations from those who have seen examples of excellent teaching in the college. The Award Administrators (not the judges) will reach out to recommended individuals to solicit a full application. 

All educators are encouraged to submit their best teaching activities, including those educators who have applied evidence-based pedagogy in novel ways, and those who exemplify the criteria above through effective, reflective pedagogy and documented best practices. Please note that the applicant is responsible for ensuring appropriate credit and permission from anyone involved in the creation, design, and delivery of the activity.

Please note:

• If you are recommending a fellow educator, you can do this through the submission link or by emailing Tanya Bomsta (bomsta.1@osu.edu).
• An external committee of judges will review all submitted materials to determine a winner in each category. The committee reserves the right to grant no awards, additional awards, or honorable mentions, depending on the quality and quantity of received applications. 

How to apply:

• Applicants must apply directly for the award. The applicant must submit their materials through the link at the bottom of this page.
• It is best to have your application materials prepared before going to the submission link.
• Please compile all materials into one PDF file. Please include:
  1. A teaching statement. Applicants should submit a written description or video recording or audio recording that narrates the design and delivery process of the activity. Be sure to describe the following: 
     • What student learning need you noticed that inspired you to create this activity (described from a learner-centered perspective) 
     • How the activity aligned to the student learning need above 
     • A description of the delivery of the activity, including your assessment of its impact; you might include details about student engagement, student achievement of objectives, student comments or reactions to the activity (all data should be de-identified). 
     • Description of inclusive teaching practices you implemented 
     • Any specific, evidence-based teaching principles the activity exemplifies and/or how you applied your own vision to these principles. Applicant might describe pedagogical resources they are familiar with or that they consulted in their design (such as literature, collaboration with colleagues, consultations with instructional offices, or endorsements)
     • If you record video or audio, the recording should ideally be 4-7 minutes in length, but no longer than 10 minutes. Please submit the recording by providing a public link so that it is accessible to the judges. Written submissions should not exceed 4 double-spaced pages.  
  2. Artifact(s) of teaching activity described in your statement. Depending on the activity, this might be documentation of assignments, screenshots of Carmen pages, links to created educational videos, a recording of the activity, or a detailed description. The judges should be able to clearly understand what the activity entailed and how it was delivered. Any links should be accessible (i.e., not behind a sign-in) and links can be included in the PDF along with a description of what it is.

2023: Zach Woods, Dave Matthews and Kristy Jackson (teaching team) and Karl Werbovetz