Faculty Internationalization Award

The Georgia Consortium for International Studies (GCIS) seeks to recognize and reward faculty members who have made significant contributions to internationalization at their university or elsewhere. The GCIS will seek to recognize two faculty members each year. One award will be given to a junior faculty member (those who have no more than seven years of full time teaching experience with at least three years of service at a GCIS member institution). The second award will be given to a senior faculty member (those who have more than seven years of full time teaching experience with at least five years of service at a GCIS member institution). As part of the award, each winner will receive a cash prize of $500.

Eligibility:
  1. Nominees must be full-time teaching faculty members at a member institution of the GCIS (see below).
  2. Member institutions may nominate only one faculty member for each of the two awards.
  3. The GCIS Faculty Internationalization Award is not intended to reward or recognize international research or scholarship per se which is already recognized by discipline and area studies organizations.
Judging Criteria:
Nominees will be evaluated based on their contribution to internationalization which may include any or all of the following:
  1. teaching, directing or developing study abroad programs
  2. developing or expanding international academic programs or internationalization of existing curricula
  3. promoting greater international understanding and knowledge through lectures, programs or other activities on campus or in the community
  4. supporting or participating in faculty development and/or exchange
  5. contributing to international education activities on the campus
  6. developing or supporting the international students and scholars
Application Process:
  1. Nominees must submit to their GCIS representative (see below) a signed application form and current CV by January 20, 2008.
  2. Nominees must arrange for support letters from their department chair or dean to be delivered to the GCIS representative by January 20, 2008.
  3. After the GCIS member institution has selected its institutional nominee for tenure-track Instructors and Assistant Professors and for Associate Professor or higher, the GCIS representative or Director of International Education must include a letter of support for the nominee.
  4. Three copies of the complete packet must be received to the address below by February 15, 2008.
Dr. M. Todd Harper
Department of English
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, GA. 30114
Attn: GCIS Faculty Internationalization Award

Duties of Awardee:
GCIS Award recipients are required to attend and give a presentation at the GCIS Symposium on International Education at the Clarkston Campus of Georgia Perimeter College, March 14, 2008. The GCIS will cover mileage, an overnight stay and symposium registration as part of the awards. Recipients will also be recognized in a ceremony at their home institution. Awardees must participate in the GCIS Symposium and attend the award ceremony in order to receive the cash prize.
Campus Representatives to the Georgia Consortium for International Studies:
1. Albany State University: Dr. Ravindra Malik
2. Armstrong Atlantic State University: Dr. Ned Rinalducci
3. Augusta State University: Dr. Holly Carter
4. Bainbridge College: Dr. Tracy Harrington
5. Clayton College & State University: Dr. Robert Welborn
6. Coastal Georgia Community College: Mr. Tyler Bagwell
7. Columbus State University: Dr. Neal McCrillis
8. Darton College: Mr. Ulf Kirchdorfer
9. Gainesville State College: Dr. Chaudron Gille
10. Georgia College & State University: Dr. Dwight Call
11. Georgia Perimeter College: Mr. William Madden
12. Georgia Southern University: Dr. Nancy Shumaker
13. Georgia Southwestern State University: Dr. Philip Szmedra
14. Kennesaw State University: Dr. M. Todd Harper
15. Macon State College: Dr. Martha Wilson
16. North Georgia College & State University: Dr. Georgia Mann
17. Savannah State University: Dr. Cornelius St. Mark
18. State University of West Georgia: Dr. William Schaniel
19. Valdosta State University: Dr. Charles Johnson