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Lyndon F. Cooper | School of Dentistry

To recognize the many accomplishments of our faculty, I am pleased to send out this call for nominations for the following faculty awards:

Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award for Didactic Teaching
Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award for Clinical Teaching
Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award for Research
Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Innovation
Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship of Engagement and Collaboration

The Dean’s Faculty Excellence Awards for didactic instruction, clinical teaching, research, educational innovation, and recognition of part-time faculty are presented to demonstrate the University and School of Dentistry’s high regard for faculty service. In establishing the Dean’s Faculty Excellence Awards, the VCU School of Dentistry wishes to recognize, in a tangible way, the outstanding accomplishments of its faculty. These awards are designed to honor those faculty members who demonstrate the highest level of performance and excellence in the pursuit of the School of Dentistry goals and the fulfillment of its mission.

Eligibility
All appointed tenured and non-tenured members of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry full time faculty who have been employed with the School two or more years at the time of nomination are eligible for these awards. To be eligible for the part-time faculty award an individual must have been employed with the School as a part-time clinical faculty member for two or more academic years at the time of nomination.

Nominations
Nominations can be made by any member of the VCU School of Dentistry faculty, staff or student body, or any individual who has in-depth knowledge of the activities of that person.

If you wish to make a nomination, the nomination forms and directions are at this link VCU SOD Faculty Awards – Call for Nominations – 2014. If you need assistance with the nomination process, please contact either Drs. Byrne or Healy, or myself.

All nominations must be electronically submitted to the Dean’s Office (soddean@vcu.edu) no later than June 30, 2014.

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