Awards

The E.A. Sheslow Prize for Distinguished Leadership recognizes the achievements of students in the College of Arts and Sciences who:

• are in their junior year, (graduating the following fall or spring semester--students graduating this May are not eligible);
• are working toward a B.S., B.F.A., B.M., B.M.E. or B.A. degree to be awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences;
• have demonstrated leadership
• have a record of performance in student life activities or on- and off-campus employment.

Eligible nominees will be invited to submit a resume, an essay on leadership, and three supporting letters of recommendation. Awards will be based upon the committee’s evaluation of these materials. One prize of $1,750 will be awarded. The award is presented at the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation ceremony during the spring semester.

Nominations

Nominations should be forwarded to ask.as@drake.edu.
Nominated students will be notified and invited to submit required supporting materials.

Each year, the Center for the Humanities confers the Edward C. Truman Award upon a Drake University undergraduate not yet in his or her fourth year at Drake who has made outstanding achievements, both in and out of the classroom, in the humanities. The Award is endowed in the name of Edward C. Truman, a Drake alumnus, a well-known composer of incidental music and scores for television programs in the 'fifties, 'sixties, and 'seventies and a former network music director.

Nominations can be made by any Drake faculty member. After receiving nominations, the Center requests a statement of purpose from each nominee (approximately 1,000 words). The cash award is given by a representative of the Center for the Humanities at the Arts and Sciences Spring Honors Convocation.

Nominations

Nominations must come from a current member of Drake's faculty. Please send a letter of nomination outlining the nominee's Humanities-related achievements and potential for future development as a student and practitioner of Humanistic inquiry. Letters should be sent electronically to the Center's Director. Nomination letters will be read as part of the nominees file, and thus letters that speak to relevant work undertaken both in and out of the classroom, and that report on the student's achievements in detail will offer the Board a firmer basis for deliberation than letters that report generally on a relatively more narrow range of achievements. In addition to the nomination letter, nominees may submit one additional letter of support along with their statement of purpose to be considered as part of their nomination. The Center will hold the names of nominators in confidence; however, anonymity is not required of the nominator. Accordingly, nominators are welcome to discuss their nominations with nominees and to advise them on submitting their statements of purpose.

The Center will confirm that each nominee is an eligible undergraduate in good standing before soliciting supporting materials.

The Jan Fleming Award recognizes a senior fine arts student who while at Drake University has demonstrated a commitment to the promotion of fine arts in the community.  This commitment can have been exhibited by raising public awareness of possibilities for local arts experiences and/or by making connections with the community regarding arts opportunities provided by Drake University.  The recipient will be chosen by the chairs of the fine arts programs at Drake University and will receive a monetary award of $350.  This award is provided through the generosity of Jan Fleming, Drake graduate and author of Grotesques in Des Moines…Iowa and Abroad.

Selection

Senior Fine Arts students should submit applications to :

Jan Fleming Award Application

The President’s list and dean's list are announced after each semester of the academic year. The President’s list includes the names of all undergraduate students who have satisfied certain other requirements and earned a grade-point average of 4.00. The dean's list include those undergraduate students in each college and school who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.50 and above.

Most recent President's List and Dean's List

The College of Arts & Sciences solicits your help in selecting a faculty member of the College to receive the "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" award. The A&S Teacher of the Year award is funded by the Dean and Sue Wright Faculty Development fund. The recipient is announced at the A&S Honors Convocation in the spring semester.

We ask that you identify a full-time tenure/tenure-track A&S faculty member who you feel best exemplifies excellence in teaching and who has completed at least three years of service at Drake. The selection process will not be based on the number of nominations received for one person, but on the nomination essays, support from each nominee’s chair and other evidence of excellence as a teacher.

As you know, it is difficult to choose one teacher to honor when A&S has so many excellent professors. The process works best when the committee has strong and thoughtful nominations upon which to base its decision, especially when nominators are able to bring attention to exceptional instances of effective teaching, innovative practices or remarkable efforts above and beyond the call of duty.

Nominations

Submit the professor’s name, name of the nominator, and a detailed statement of nomination (one to two pages) indicating what makes the nominee an excellent teacher by February 15.

The College of Arts & Sciences established the Distinguished Engagement Award to recognize outstanding contributions of Drake faculty and staff to the college community. Criteria for the award include:

• a demonstrated personal commitment to Drake-related volunteerism and campus engagement;
• an outstanding record of leadership or substantial involvement in community projects, services and activities contributing to the quality of life in our institution;
• professional and personal values and behavior that typify the integration of citizenship and professional responsibility.

The nominee must be a current faculty or staff member with at least five years of service at Drake. The recipient will be announced at the annual A&S Stalnaker Lecture.

Nominations

Submit a letter of nomination detailing specific examples of how the nominee exemplifies each of the applicable criteria. Additional letters of support are not necessary.

Presented to a distinguished faculty member who is invited to present a lecture to the University community on a topic in his or her discipline in the following September or October. This award is funded in part by the emeritus professors of the College. Selection of the award recipient is by a committee consisting of the three most recent Lecturers and a representative of the emeritus faculty.

The lecturer must be a faculty member holding the rank of professor or at least in her/his fourth year at associate professor rank. Previous recipients are not eligible.

Nominations

Submit a letter of nomination in support of an eligible faculty member.

Presented in even-numbered years to a faculty member in the College in recognition of distinguished achievements in scholarship. The criteria for selection include professional contributions through scholarly/creative activity, holding leadership roles in the profession/discipline, consulting activities related to scholarship and research, and contribution to the mission of the department, college, and university. Previous recipients are not eligible.

Nominations

Each department may nominate faculty members as candidates. The selection committee will contact departments to request additional materials for all finalists.