Fine and Performing Arts Awards

The Belcher College Teaching Award is given to honor excellence in teaching during the preceding summer (if applicable) and current academic year in the broad array of instructional forms demonstrated across the Belcher College: including but not limited to classroom instruction (in lab or lecture format), ensemble, studio instruction, portfolio review, independent study, stage production, and/or thesis supervision.

The Belcher College Service Award is named in honor of Dr. Robert Kehrberg, founding Dean of the College, whose dedication to the arts has had a lasting impact on our community and region. The award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has provided outstanding service to the university, college, community, region, and/or profession that promotes the Mission and the Vision of the University and of the Belcher College. Examples include but are not limited to leadership roles on committees at departmental, college, and university levels; service to or leadership in one of the constituent programs of the Belcher College such as the Fine Art Museum or Bardo Performing Arts Center; contributions to community boards, organizations, or other public/private agencies; support for educational programs or initiatives; and/or combinations of the above activities.

The Faculty Scholarship Award recognizes outstanding scholarly activity accomplished during the preceding summer and/or current academic year (research, publications, performances, exhibits, and/or other public disseminations) that promote the Mission and Vision of the University and of the Belcher College, that demonstrate peer review (whether traditional or non-traditional that reflects the Boyer model), and/or those that have a demonstrable regional, nation, or international impact.