Call for Nominations

For the Ohio Section Distinguished Teaching Award

Do you know a colleague, former teacher, or friend who is a great college mathematics teacher? This is your chance to nominate that person for special recognition, as nominations for this year's Ohio Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics are very much desired.

It does take some organization to nominate an individual for the teaching award, but you’ll find it quite straightforward. The person you nominate should be a member of the MAA Ohio Section, have at least five years of college-level teaching experience, and be widely recognized as being successful in their teaching. The nomination would include a completed one-page nomination form (download a word document form), and a fairly extensive description of why you feel the individual should receive the award (see supporting information), and the inclusion of some recommendations from former students and colleagues.

The award will be announced at the banquet of the Section at the Spring meeting, and our committee will publicize the award. Official letters describing the award will be sent to administrators at the awardee’s institution, the campus newspaper, and the award will be announced in the Section newsletter. The awardee’s file will be forwarded to the national MAA to be the Section’s candidate for the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. Pictures of each section’s candidate are included in a national MAA newsletter, and three individuals are chosen for the national award, which includes a cash prize.

The deadline for nominations is January 1 of the year the award is to be presented. Please address inquiries or nominations to the committee chair of the Teaching Award Committee.