Outstanding Teachers

 Once a year five outstanding teachers are chosen by alumni, students, and tenured faculty to receive a $3,000 award from the MTSU Foundation for their excellence in teaching. The Learning, Teaching and Innovative Technologies Center recognizes the expertise and caring commitment of these individuals and would like to share "what makes these individuals outstanding teachers" with others. 

Starting in 2006, our Faculty Fellows have taken on the responsibility of videotaping interviews with the outstanding teachers so that we may share their experiences with others.  Click below to take you to those interviews.

Nominations for these awards are made in the spring by alumni, faculty, and students.  Selections are based upon  evaluations by both students and tenured faculty.   The nomination forms for  the outstanding teacher are available in both HTML and Adobe PDF formats. 

Nomination Forms

Outstanding Teachers 2006

Outstanding Teachers 2007

Guidelines for Nomination

1. Faculty need only receive nominations from 2 of the 3 groups, but must receive more than one nomination from one of them.

2. A faculty member may nominate only one person.

3. Only full-time faculty who teach at least 8 hours can be nominated.

4. Faculty nominated must be in at least their fourth year at MTSU.

5. Previous award winners can be nominated once five years have elapsed since receiving award.

If you have additional questions about the nomination process, call Ms. Pat Thomas, x5941.