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State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Awards

The SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Awards are designed to recognize faculty member excellence in teaching, research, and service among Virginia's public and private colleges and universities. Outstanding Faculty Award nominees must possess a record of outstanding accomplishment as a faculty member in Virginia, reflective of the nominee's institutional mission. In addition, this outstanding accomplishment must reflect four areas of scholarly endeavor: teaching, research, integration, and service.

The Outstanding Faculty Awards include two separate awards:

  • Outstanding Faculty Award: A nominee in this category must demonstrate excellence in the four areas of scholarly endeavor: teaching, research, integration and service.
  • Rising Star Award: A Rising Star nominee must be in no more than his/her sixth year of continuous service as a full-time faculty member, and no less than his/her third year of continuous service as a full-time faculty member in Virginia (i.e., no more than 6 years, total, as a higher education instructor, but at least 3 years at a Virginia institution). A nominee in this category must demonstrate excellence in the four areas of scholarly endeavor: teaching, research, integration and service.

Beginning in 2010, two Rising Star recipients were selected each year (noted with an asterisk *). The "Teaching with Technology" Award recognizes faculty exhibiting effectiveness in promoting and enhancing student learning via the integration and use of technology in their instruction activities (noted with double asterisk**).

Year Recipients
2022 Roger Ekirch, Linsey Marr
2021 William Hopkins
2020 Timothy Long, Wing Ng
2019 Sterling Nesbitt*, Leo Piilonen
2017 Xiang-Jin Meng
2016 Jacqueline Bixler, Michael Hochella, Jr.
2014 Wu-chun Feng
2013 Stephen Edwards**
2011 Gary Downey
2010 Romesh Batra, Maura Borrego*
2007 Marc Andrew Edwards, Doris Teichler Zallen
2006 Thomas Murray, Paul Sorrentino
2005 Richard Claus, E. Scott Geller, Lucinda Roy
2003 Thomas Gardner, Michael Vorster
2002 James Craig, John Seiler
2001 James Wightman
2000 Y.A. Liu, Wayne Purcell
1999 Arthur Keown
1998 Raymond Plaut
1997 Cameron Hackney
1996 James Martin
1993 Hanif Sherali
1991 James Robertson, William Snizek
1989 Siegfried Holzer
1988 Harold Burkhart, L. Glenn Kraige
1987 William Knocke, James Owen, Frank Quinn