Faculty Awards
University of Minnesota-wide Awards
Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Each year since 1965-66, the University of Minnesota has recognized a select group of faculty members for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. This honor is awarded to exceptional candidates nominated by colleges in their quest to identify excellence in undergraduate education.
2025-2026
- Jennifer Jones, Studies in Justice, Culture & Social Change
2024-2025
- Jeanine Weekes Schroer, Philosophy
- Carter Meland, American Indian Studies
2023-2024
- David Syring, Studies in Justice, Culture, and Social Change
2022-2023
- Ryan Bergstrom, Environment, Sustainability, and Geography
- Burke Scarbrough, English, Linguistics, & Writing Studies
2018-2019
- Mitra Emad, Studies in Justice, Culture, and Social Change
2008-2009
- Justin Rubin, Music
Exemplary University-Community Partnership Award
2025-2026
- Aparna Katre, World Languages & Cultures
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award
This award honors faculty who have done significant research, teaching or service/leadership to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion at the University, in the person's field of study, or in our broader community. These awards are meant to advance and elevate equity work; provide funding in recognition of the value of that work; and showcase critical scholarship, pedagogy, and community engagement.
2024-2025
- Ryan Goei, Communication
2022-2023
- Jeanine Weekes Schroer, Philosophy
John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
The Tate Awards serve to recognize and reward high-quality academic advising. They call attention to the contribution academic advising makes to helping students formulate and achieve intellectual, career, and personal goals. By highlighting examples of outstanding advising, the Tate Awards identify professional models and celebrate the role that academic advising plays in the University’s educational mission.
2024-2025
- Jennifer Webb, Art & Design
McKnight Presidential Fellows Award
This is a three-year award given to those granted both tenure and promotion to associate professor in an academic year. It recognizes recipients who are recommended by their college deans as being truly outstanding in their fields. The award is based on research and scholarly excellence, leadership, potential to build top-tier programs, and ability to advance University of Minnesota priorities.
University of Minnesota Duluth Awards
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
This award recognizes faculty who have made contributions to the teaching mission of UMD that are of extraordinary quality and reflect UMD’s emphasis on high quality undergraduate and graduate education.This award honors faculty for innovative pedagogy, development of creative and critical thinking, student mentoring, commitment to liberal education, and leadership and impact within a department.
2025-2026
- Less than 10 Years of Service: Kai Vance, Communication
2024-2025
- Rebecca Boyle, English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies
Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Research/Creative Activity
Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Public Service
This award honors faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary and sustained commitment to public service and community engagement. It recognizes faculty who have integrated civic and community engagement in their teaching; shown leadership in advancing students’ civic learning; conducted community-based research; fostered community partnerships; promoted the scholarship of engagement among his/her colleagues; or made contributions to positive change on issues of public concern.
2025-2026
- Joseph Lane, Environment, Sustainability & Geography
2024-2025
- Burke Scarbrough, English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies
CAHSS Awards
Albert Tezla Teacher/Scholar Award
This award was given to a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Fine Arts who has an exceptional and effective teaching style that emphasizes the worth of research in a learned discipline and the maturing impact scholarly activity has on the development of human attitudes and values.
2018-2019
- Edward Downs, Communication
Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award
2018-2019
- Rachel Inselman, Music
- Weiqing Zhang, World Languages & Cultures
Staff Awards
University of Minnesota Duluth Awards
Outstanding Staff Award
2024-2025
- Bridget Park, Geography & Philosophy
CAHSS Awards
Staff Awards
2023-2024
- Mia O'Brien, History, Political Science, and International Studies
- Michele Larson, English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies
- Thomas Dorr, CAHSS Dean's Office
2022-2023
- Donald Schraufnagel, Facility Manager and Technical Director, Weber Music Hall
- Lindsay Brown, Advising
2021–2022
- Gabrielle Scott, Advising
- Andrea Sande, Studies in Justice, Culture, & Social Change
2020-2021
- Cindy Christian, Alworth Institute for International Studies
- Rae Ann Johnson, Art & Design
2019-2020
- Tami Lawlor, American Indian Studies
- John Boucha, Dean's Office
2018-2019
- Debbie Rose, Studies in Justice, Culture, & Social Change
2017-2018
- Bridget Park, Geography & Philosophy
- Pam Spencer, Advising