Faculty Senate Resolution #02-07
Approved by the Faculty Senate: February 26, 2002
Approved by the Chancellor:
March 1, 2002
University Nomination Procedures for the Oliver Max
Gardner Award
1. A
call for nominations should be sent to all code unit heads no later than April
1 requesting each unit to consider nominating a member of the unit's teaching
faculty for this award. The nomination
will be made effective for the following academic year. No unit should be permitted to nominate more
than one person each year. Each unit
should develop its own procedures for selecting its nominee.
2. In accordance with the parameters of the
Award, nominees must be deemed to have made a “(great) contribution to the
welfare of the human race.” (See
attached General Explanation of this Award.)
3. A UNC General Administration memo
describing the procedures for the award, including a "General Explanation
of the Award" and a list of previous recipients, will be posted on the
web, and unit heads will be advised of the URL.
4. A copy of the winning dossier for Walter J.
Pories (2001) and any other available dossiers will be made available for all
to view in the Center for Faculty Development.
5. A nomination dossier should include an
abbreviated curriculum vitae, a letter of support from the unit or departmental
head, letters of support from others (students, colleagues, patients, etc.,
internal or external), and any other documents that the unit believes supports
the nomination. The initial dossier may
not be longer than 25 pages in length.
6.
The nomination dossiers will be due in the
Chancellor's Office on the 15th of September. The selection committee will review the
materials and select one name to submit by the 15th of October to
the Chancellor for his approval.
Following the Chancellor's approval, the selected candidate will work
with professionals provided by the Chancellor's office to prepare the dossier
that will be sent to UNC Office of the President for consideration for the
system-wide award.
7. The selection committee will be comprised
of five faculty members appointed as follows:
By the Chancellor (2), the Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
(1), the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences (1), and the Chair of the Faculty
(1). Selection committee members shall
serve for a term of one year. At its
first meeting, the selection committee shall elect a chair.
8. The Chancellor's Office will provide
oversight of the nomination and selection process and the preparation of the
dossier that is forwarded to UNC Office of the President.
Faculty
Senate Resolution #02-07 (attachment)
Governor Gardner’s will provides that the “Board of Trustees
of the Consolidated University of North Carolina” shall pay annually the net
income from a trust fund to “that member of the faculty of the scholastic year,
has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race. As used in this Article of my will, the term
‘faculty’ shall embrace all persons, including instructors, engaged in teaching
in any unit, institution or branch of service of the Consolidated University of
North Carolina.”
In January, 1973, the Attorney General of North Carolina
rendered an opinion that the “coverage of the Gardner Award may be extended to
include faculty members at any one of the sixteen campuses which now constitute
The University of North Carolina.”