Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine PVM Alumni Board (formerly known as the Alumni Liaison Committee) meeting in regular session on October 24, 1981 recommended that a Distinguished Faculty Award be established. Independently, and shortly thereafter, Dr. and Mrs. Carl Osborne (PUR '64) made a cash contribution to the College, the interest from which was to "... be used to foster academic excellence and scholarship by collegiate faculty." In both instances, the recommendation was that the faculty member be identified and publicly recognized annually for performance excellence by a suitable award mechanism.

Eligibility

1. All voting faculty members of the PVM are eligible.
2. Recipients of the award shall remain ineligible for reconsideration.

Criteria for Selection

1. Any number of eligible faculty members may be nominated to the selection committee.
2. There shall be not more than one award per year.
3. Criteria for selection are the judged performances and contributions in one or more of the
   following:
   1. Research, scholarly, or creative endeavors
   2. Instruction and related activities
   3. Public and professional services and relations

Procedures

1. A nomination form will be developed and distributed to the PVM voting faculty by the dean in the spring semester of each year.
2. Only nominations from PVM voting faculty will be considered.
3. Nominations with attendant documentation will be due in the Office of the Dean at least 6 weeks after distribution of the nomination form. Please include 4-6 letters of support.
4. All nomination materials will be duplicated and distributed to the selection committee.
5. The selection committee shall be the selection committee identified to consider nominations for Distinguished Alumni Awards (two members selected from and by the PYM Alumni Board; two members selected by the PYM Faculty Committee; the dean ( or designee ), who shall chair the committee; and one additional member selected by the Administrative Group of the PYM). This committee will consider all nominations reaching it and will act in time to have the necessary materials prepared for the award presentation.
6. In case there are no nominations, or, if in the opinion of the selection committee, none of those nominated qualify, no award will be made that year.

The Award

The award shall consist of:

• An individual plaque presented to the awardee.
• A check in the amount of $1,000 on the PYM Development Fund, or a specifically designated fund if one is established, to support this program.
• The recipient's name placed on a suitably engraved master plaque which shall hang in a conspicuous place in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Past Recipients