University Awards

Nominations are now open for the following University Awards for the year 2011-12. An email announcing this, and including the following information, is being sent to all faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates, inviting them to submit nominations. If you know persons deserving such recognition, especially students eligible for the Dinkelspiel Awards, please submit one or more letters outlining their contributions. We shall be accepting nominations until April 4, 2012, for awards this year. Please send your letter to the Subcommittee on University Honors, Registrar’s Office, 630 Serra Street, Suite 120, MC 6032. Email nominations are encouraged and may be sent to [email protected].

See the University Awards Nomination page for further information.

The University makes the following awards annually at Commencement:

The Walter J. Gores Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching

The Gores Award is the University’s highest award for excellence in teaching. Gores Awards are made each year to faculty and teaching staff members who have made special contributions to teaching in its broadest sense: lecturing, tutoring, advising, and discussion leading. Ordinarily, one award will be made to a senior faculty member or senior lecturer, one to a junior faculty member, and two to teaching assistants.

The Dinkelspiel Awards for Exceptional Contributions to Undergraduate Education

At least two Dinkelspiel Awards will be given to faculty or staff, one with 10 or more years of service to the University and one with fewer than 10 years of service, for their distinctive and exceptional contributions to undergraduate education or the quality of student life at Stanford. Two awards will also be given to graduating seniors in the current academic year's class who have combined praiseworthy academic achievement with significant contributions to undergraduate student life.

The Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Stanford

The purpose of this award, which is open to all members of the Stanford community, is to recognize extraordinary contributions to the achievement of the goals of the University. Such contributions might be, for example, unusually distinguished service to the University, uncommon ingenuity in meeting University objectives, or exceptional intelligence, diligence, and sensitivity in discharging responsibilities.

The Allan Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence in Fostering Research (Sponsored by Undergraduate Advising and Research)

The Cox Medal is awarded annually to a faculty member from any school in the University who has established a record of excellence directing undergraduate research for a number of years. It may go to a faculty member who has done an especially outstanding job with just one or two undergraduates whose work is unusually superior. For information, procedures, and an online nomination form, go to https://teachawards.stanford.edu/. Letters of nomination for the Cox Medal should be sent to Undergraduate Advising and Research, 122A Sweet Hall, MC 3085, or emailed to [email protected].  The deadline for Cox Medal nominations is Friday, April 22, 2011.