The prestigious Faculty Excellence Award recognizes one outstanding Walden faculty member from each college twice per year. The recipients exemplify the university’s core values of quality, integrity, and student-centeredness. These faculty members demonstrate a strong commitment and dedication to serving the university, their communities, and their professions. Faculty members may be nominated by current students, other faculty members, or alumni and must have been with Walden University for at least 2 years at the time of receiving the award.
Nominations open: February 20 - April 15, 2023
Recipient announced: Summer 2023 Board of Directors Honors and Awards Ceremony
Nominees: Current core or contributing faculty members, or program coordinators with teaching as a primary responsibility
Nominators: Walden students, alumni, and faculty members
Eligible nominees for the award must be current core or contributing faculty members, or program coordinators with teaching as a primary responsibility, with a minimum of two years of service to Walden University. Associate deans, Deans, and staff are not eligible. Nominees must have demonstrated the following:
Feel free to nominate a faculty member even if you are not familiar with their excellence in all of the above areas. You may also contact the faculty to gather information to support your nomination.
Previous recipients of the Faculty Excellence Award, Extraordinary Faculty Award, and the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence are not eligible for this award. Visit the Faculty Excellence Award webpage for a list of past award recipients.
Note: Prior to summer 2013, the winners were recipients of one of the awards formerly named the Extraordinary Faculty Award* or the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence.**
