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Inspire Integrity Awards

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars' Inspire Integrity Awards are the only national student-nominated faculty awards program. These awards are presented to full-time university faculty who have, through their lessons and actions, made a significant impact on the lives of their students and instilled a high degree of personal and academic integrity.  

NSCS has awarded Faculty of the Year Awards since 2005. In 2007, NSCS refocused the awards on integrity, and inaugurated the Inspire Integrity Awards. The national recipient of the 2007-2008 Awards was Dr. Linda Bolton of the University of Iowa. 

Awards and Benefits

National Recipient

  • $3,000 personal stipend

  • $2,000 contribution to the university's general scholarship fund

National Runner-up

  • $1,000 personal stipend

  • $1,000 donation to the university's scholarship fund

Thirteen of the 15 finalists will receive:

  • will receive a crystalized plaque

Questions? Please contact nscs [at] nscs [dot] org.


Criteria & Eligibility

  • Nominees must be full-time professors (nominations for adjunct, visiting, teaching assistants, professors on sabbatical will NOT be accepted).

  • Nominees must have taught at the undergraduate level for at least one semester in the 2007-2008 academic year; materials primarily should reflect work with undergraduate students.

  • Nominee must currently work at the university where the nomination originated.

  • Nominee must currently teach at least one class

  • Nominated professors must complete application, letters of recommendation, and return full package to NSCS by November 8, 2008. Applications that are incomplete will not be accepted.

  • Nominated faculty must keep their CVs to two pages in length with a standard type size (10-12 point).

Key Dates

  • September 10, 2009:  Students begin nominating faculty.

  • October 24, 2009:          Last day for students to submit a faculty nomination.

  • November 14, 2009:     Last postmarked day for faculty to submit required materials.

  • January 2009:             15 finalists are announced

  • January-early February 2009: National panel picks best educator out of the 15 finalists

  • February 8, 2009: NSCS announces the recipient of the 2008 Inspire Integrity Awards.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Awards

  • Who should provide my recommendations?
    You may provide recommendations from anybody who has observed your interactions with students and the ways in which you've worked to instill integrity. This includes supervisors, colleagues, teaching assistants, et al.

  • I’m a full-time instructor, but I do not have tenure. Do I qualify?
    If you’re teaching full time at the university where your nomination originated, you qualify.

  • I received an e-mail notice about the awards, but my nomination materials have not yet arrived.
    Please contact Mishri Someshwar at someshwar @ nscs.org.

 

Judges

The judges for the 2010 Inspire Integrity will soon be announced.

 

Congratulations to Dr. John Pease, the 2008-2009 National Recipient of the Inspire Integrity Awards, and Dr. John Bailly, the National Runner-up!


John Pease began university teaching as a part-time temporary
instructor at his alma mater, Western Michigan University in his
hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan, soon after earning his B.S. degree in
1960. He has been teaching ever since. He completed his graduate
studies at Michigan State University in 1967 and was called to the
University of Maryland where he continues to teach and advise student
organizations, most notably, the "I'd Rather Be Studying Gang."

He is the eponym of the John Pease Scholarship and recipient of several
teaching and mentoring awards, most recently, the 2008 University of
Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Mentor Award.

In his spare time he enjoys swimming, reading the great American
humorists, and listening to the jazz and blues music of the 1930s and
1940s. Learn more about Dr. Pease.

Read NSCS' press release about Dr. Pease.

 


Below is a list of the 15 finalists for the Inspire Integrity Awards 2008-2009:

  •  John Pease, University of Maryland       
  • Alan Fox, University of Delaware           
  •  V DuWayne Battle, Rutgers University
  • James Rada, Howard University
  • Mark Nelson, University of Alabama
  • John Bailly, Florida International University
  • Steve Newman, Temple University
  • Kee Jeong Kim, Virginia Tech
  • Benedict Carton, George Mason University
  • Alexander Holmes, University of Oklahoma
  • Julie Evey-Johnson, University of Southern Indiana
  • Marty Harvill, Baylor University
  • Corey Ciocchetti, University of Denver
  • Tamera Madensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Melanie Horn Mallers, California State University-Fullerton