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Inspire Integrity Awards $1000
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 and administration 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. Make a difference on your campus by nominating a faculty member or administrator who has inspired integrity in you and your classmates!
Congratulations to the 2012 Inspire Integrity Recipients:
National Recipient George H. Davis from The University of Arizona
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“Being named the national recipient of NSCS’s teaching-based “Inspire Integrity Award” is a great honor, particularly because nominations and testimonies came from students. Just being nominated for the award felt good, especially when I learned that the initiative came from one of the wonderful students who were part of a first semester-first year Honors College seminar I taught on “What It Means to Be Human: Our Place in the Universe.” The award gives proof that first year seminars can indeed make a difference to brand new students just entering large comprehensive research universities. Furthermore, it calls attention to the professional satisfactions and growth that ‘seasoned’ professors can experience when they stretch beyond their specialties to serve incoming freshmen who are just beginning to explore pathways and develop habits of scholarship and service. Through the “Inspire Integrity Award” NSCS is emphasizing, I believe, that undergraduates benefit enormously when they grasp that “Integrity” is a core value proposition in scholarship and service. The “Inspire” part of this award is the more difficult and humbling to address. I will simply say what is obvious to dedicated faculty throughout colleges and universities: namely, the very inspiration that can flow from teachers and mentors is, in fact, inspired by the students themselves. This certainly has been my experience.” |
Key Dates:
- Application Opens: October 18, 2011
- Application Closes: December 5, 2011
- Notification Date: February 6, 2012
Award:
Student:
- Who nominates the National Recipient - $1,000
- Who nominates the runner up - $500
Professor/Administrator:
- National Recipient - $1,000
- National Recipient's Foundation of Choice - $1,000
- Runner up Recipient- $500
- Runner up Recipient's Foundation of Choice- $500
Eligibility
Students Nominating their Professor or Administrator:
- Must have at least a 3.4 GPA
- Must be an NSCS member in good standing
- Must be enrolled in an undergraduate program in an accredited institution
- Must have a completed member profile. Click here to log in and complete your profile now
Nominated Professors and Administrators
- Must be full-time for at least two semesters. Deans are allowed to participate
- Must currently work at the university where the nomination originated
- The following instructors are INELIGIBLE: Teaching Assistants (TAs), visiting professors, professors on sabbatical, adjunct professors and professors who are currently not teaching, and part-time faculty and administrators
- There is no limit on the number of nominations that can be submitted, so please encourage fellow NSCS members to recognize deserving faculty and administrators as well
Please Note
- All checks will be disbursed directly to your school
- Essay responses may be used by NSCS for varying purposes
- If selected, necessary information must be received by NSCS within two weeks of notification date or scholarship will be forfeited
- NSCS reserves the right to change any aspect of this scholarship at any time with or without notice
Apply for the Inspire Integrity Award 2012:
Check back once the scholarship opens for award application. Members must sign in to apply.
Recipients of the Inspire Integrity Award 2011
National Recipient:
• Dr. Michael Householder of Marshall University Chassidy Marcum – Student Nominator
National Runner up Recipient:
• Buck Ryan of University of Kentucky Amanda Powell – Student Nominator
Inspire Integrity Award 2011 Finalists:
• Susan Casciani of Towson University Naomi Lavaddin – Student Nominator
• Dr. Richard Osbaldiston of Eastern Kentucky University Suzanna Lagerroos – Student Nominator
• Valerie Hill-Jackson of Texas A&M University Kwun Tung – Student Nominator
• Dr. Louis Carrier of California State University- Dominguez Hills Saira Rab – Student Nominator
• Dr. James Dever of Florida State University Matthew O'Connell – Student Nominator
• Thomas Kelly of Creighton University Chelsea Mann– Student Nominator
• David Elmendorf of Saint Xavier University Deena Rostom– Student Nominator
• Olga Impey of Indiana University Laura Kusisto– Student Nominator
• Carol Henderson-Belton of University of Delaware Leann Moore- Student Nominator
• Dr. Brittany Cooper of University of Alabama Alyson Watson- Student Nominator