Teacher of the Year – Rising Star

This Award recognizes a full time faculty member who has:

Been employed at UT for three years or less

Had a tremendous impact on our campus and the academic excellence at Utah Tech in a very short amount of time.

Demonstrated knowledge in their content area

Exceptional teaching ability

Extraordinary dedication to the educational pursuits of students

Also provided service and inspiration outside of the classroom.

The Rising Star is nominated:

By the campus community at large

All nominees are contacted and asked to answer questions specific to this category.

These materials are reviewed and narrowed to a field of ten finalists by a preliminary screening committee.

The ten finalists are then given to the Vice President of Academics who narrows the finalists to five, assembles a committee to review all submitted materials of the five finalists, and then the committee selects the winner.

Note: Please include specific details of why this person is being nominated – the committees use this information in their selection process.