Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning

Nominate an Excellent Teacher Today!

Zoomed in photo of a table at the Celebration of Teaching Excellence ceremony in 2026 which shows a portion of the table with a dark green cloth with gold line accents over it and a few TEA brochures and Teaching Tip booklets spread out on top of the cloth plus some Andes mints and gold wrapper candies strewn around a small glass vase of flowers

Students, faculty members, or administrators may nominate a faculty member for any 2027 Teaching Excellence Award (no self-nominations). Learn about these awards on our Teaching Awards webpages. New this year, ALL nominations are due Monday, September 28, 2026: Full-time faculty award, adjunct faculty award, and online teaching award nominations.