IU Indy Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence — Call for Nominations
You are invited to submit nominations—for yourself and your colleagues—for a campus award.
Honorees and their guests will be recognized during the annual IU Indianapolis Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence award event recognizing individuals who demonstrate exceptional dedication, innovation, and service across our campus community.
Campus awards support professional growth and highlight your contributions to the campus community. A wide range of recognition opportunities are offered and many include financial incentives.
Award Amount. Recipients receive a base salary increase of $3,000.
Eligibility. Full-time faculty in any classification for whom professional service and teaching, research, or service in the Central Indiana community is an expectation and who have taught at IU Indianapolis at least five years, including at least one term in the year immediately preceding the nomination.
Award Amount. $3,000 will be added to one full-time faculty member’s base salary. A $2,000 one-time award will be given to one part-time faculty member.
Eligibility. Full-time faculty teaching at IU Indianapolis for at least three years and part-time faculty teaching in the award cycle are eligible. Part-time faculty with several years of teaching experience will be given preference. Nominees are eligible to be nominated for up to three successive years. Past award winners are not eligible.
Award Amount. Recipients receive a one-time award of $2,500.
Eligibility. See web page for general eligibility information. Each academic unit is responsible for setting criteria and developing a selection process for the TTA within the general guidelines.
Information will be sent to deans each year for the nomination process.
Each unit is assigned a proportionate number of the total campus awards and will select faculty to receive awards within the unit.
Award Amount. $1,000 award given to each recipient.
Eligibility. One faculty and one staff member, either full- or part-time, may be named to receive the award.
The Gerald L. Bepko Outstanding Administrator Award is given to administrators who have contributed significantly to the IU Indianapolis campus. The award is given as candidates are identified by the Indianapolis Faculty Council Executive Committee.
Eligibility. All current and retired employees are eligible. The selection committee favors speakers with long experience in their field and specifically at IU Indianapolis.
Eligibility. Any community organization that has partnered with IU Indianapolis faculty, staff, student, or campus units to create a positive difference in the community through teaching (e.g., service learning, clinical, internship), research, or professional service may be nominated for this award.
Nominees must have engaged in a meaningful and sustained program of collaboration with one or more campus units that has resulted in deepening student learning, advancing faculty and staff work, and improving community outcomes.
Indiana University Awards
Each year, Indiana University honors exceptional faculty from across all campuses with teaching awards and distinguished professorships at the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching in Bloomington. The accomplishments of IU's award recipients, and the awards presented throughout the university's 205-year history, are documented in Traditions of Excellence.
