Honors
and Awards Council
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COMMITTEE
CHARGE
AUSPICES:
The Honors and Awards Council is a standing council of the USF Faculty Senate and receives authority for its actions through that body.
CHARGE:
The Honors and Awards Council is responsible for conveying to the Faculty Senate, the Provost and President the names it recommends to receive various academic honors and awards granted by or through the University of South Florida.
OPERATING PROCEDURES:
The committee shall develop its own operating procedures to receive and evaluate nominations which normally originate from the university community. These will include:
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Theodore & Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award
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Distinguished Service Award
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Honorary Degree
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Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
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Other honors and awards that may be established in the future and granted to members of the university community.
Honorary degree recommendations must be ratified by a majority vote of the Faculty Senate, after which the Secretary of the Senate will forward recommended names and supporting material to the President and Provost.
MEMBERSHIP:
- One faculty member representative from each college, campus, and unit with voting representation in the Faculty Senate, plus an additional representative from any college having more than 250 full-time faculty members, plus a third representative from any college having more than 400 full-time faculty members, will be appointed for staggered three-year terms, with one-third retiring each year. The retiring members may not be reappointed during the year following the last year of their terms unless appointed to a vacancy on the committee (voting).
- One alumnus,-a will be appointed for a one-year term (voting).
- Commencement Coordinator (ex-officio and non-voting).
APPOINTMENT:
The Provost will appoint the members of this committee upon the recommendation of the Faculty Senate.
CHAIR:
The chair shall be a faculty member serving in the second or third year of his/her term.
Date of
adoption: 7/96
Revised:
7/00; 10/03; 04/04; 07/05; 01/07
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