The Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes faculty who have participated in a rich variety of university teaching (e.g., undergraduate, graduate or professional, classroom, one-on-one) and who have contributed to curriculum and/or program development. 

Use the following guidelines for submitting nominations to ensure the Council on Teaching has sufficient information and to employ uniform standards in choosing recipients. Each nomination will include:

• A completed Hubbard-Walder Award cover sheet.
• A letter of nomination and support from the nominee’s DEO (not to exceed two pages).
• An abbreviated CV (not to exceed five pages) that includes:
  • A brief professional history (degrees earned and faculty positions held with dates).
  • A list or chart of courses taught, including number of classroom/student contact hours and numbers of undergraduate and graduate advisees for the past five years.
  • A list of contributions to curriculum and/or program development encompassing no more than the past ten years.
  • A list of teaching awards (or nominations) received during the nominee’s employment at the University of Iowa.
  • Do not include scholarly publications, research grants, administration, or service unless these demonstrably relate to the nominee's teaching.
• One letter of support from an internal or external faculty member other than the DEO (not to exceed two pages).
• Two letters of support from current or former University of Iowa students (not to exceed two pages per letter). 
• A statement on teaching from the nominee (not to exceed one page).

Successful DEO nomination and supporting letters will describe how the nominee has participated in a rich variety of university teaching (e.g., undergraduate, graduate or professional, classroom, one-on-one, etc.) as well as how the nominee has contributed to curriculum and/or program development. 

Examples of evidence of a nominee's rich variety of university teaching and contributions to curriculum and/or program development may include, but are not limited to, the following activities:

• Teaching a variety of courses and students at the undergraduate and graduate/professional levels. 
• Supervising student research and independent study at the undergraduate and graduate/professional levels.
• Teaching in a variety of course formats, e.g., traditional lecture or seminar courses, lab or workshop-based courses, team-teaching, interdisciplinary teaching, or online teaching.
• Developing new courses, certificates, minors, majors, and/or programs.
• Significant revision of existing courses and programs to incorporate innovative pedagogical practices or materials.
• Developing or contributing to courses and programs that incorporate high impact educational practices, e.g., first-year seminars, service or community-based learning, study abroad, internships, or capstone courses. 

All documents should be combined into one PDF file and submitted electronically to council-on-teaching@uiowa.edu.

For more details, visit this page: https://cot.org.uiowa.edu/teaching-awards/hubbard-walder-award-excellence-teaching.