Outstanding Mentoring Award

Description

The Kent State EHHS Outstanding Mentoring Award recognizes outstanding achievements that have enhanced the Kent State community including its students, administrative staff, and faculty. Relevant activities include encouraging, nurturing and teaching another, as well as responding to the learner’s needs and offering respect and support. The contributions can occur within the capacity of teaching, research, creative activities, service, and/or outreach. One Kent State EHHS Mentoring Award will be made annually.

Eligibility

All current KSU EHHS faculty and administrative staff. An individual can only receive the award once every five years.

Nomination Procedure

The nominator should:

Ensure nominee’s eligibility.
Complete Nomination Form (PDF)
Include a 1-page (maximum) nomination letter highlighting the nominee’s contribution toward a mentee and the impacts of this work.
Note: If application is self-nominated, the applicant should secure an additional nomination letter from a colleague or peer supporting the application.
Include the nominee’s vita or resume, emphasizing the nominee’s strength in mentoring.

The committee’s decision on award recipients will be made on the basis of the above materials only.

Rubric for Award:

Criterion	Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations	Far Exceeds Expectations
Clarity	Contributions toward effective mentoring of another are described.	Contributions toward mentoring another are clearly described.	Contributions toward effectively mentoring of another are clearly described and illustrated by multiple concrete examples.
Originality	Mentoring activity involves slight modification in the areas of nurturing, teaching and encouraging one or more individuals.	Mentoring activity involves robust modification efforts in the areas of nurturing, teaching and encouraging one or more individuals.	Mentoring activity is entirely original and represents outstanding effort in the areas of nurturing, teaching and encouraging one or more individuals.
Effort	Nominee’s mentoring activity largely falls within his/her job description	Nominee has devoted some time and resources to mentoring of one or more individuals	Nominee has clearly devoted significant time and resources to the mentoring of one or more individuals.
KSU Impact	Contributions of mentoring activity will have minor impacts on KSU students, faculty, staff or community	Contributions of mentoring activity will have impacts on KSU students, faculty, staff or community	Contributions of mentoring activity will have LASTING impacts on KSU students, faculty, staff or community
Community Impact	Contributions of mentoring activity will have a minor impact on the faculty, staff, students and possibly the local community.	Contributions of mentoring activity will have impacts on faculty, staff, students and possibly the local community.	Contributions of mentoring activity will have LASTING impacts on faculty, staff, students and possibly the local community.

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