Each year the Dean’s Office of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding faculty and staff whose work reflects the four core values our community identified as central to our work and mission in our 2024-29 Strategic Plan: collaboration, inclusion, caring, and exploration. Six $1000 awards will be awarded annually, one in each faculty/staff category below.

This year, in collaboration with student leaders in Weissman, we’re excited to announce a new category recognizing outstanding junior or senior undergraduate students who embody two or more of these values through their excellence in scholarship, service, engagement, and/or innovation within and beyond the Baruch community. This award category has been allocated $1000, which will be distributed across no less than one and no more than four deserving students.

All awards will be presented at the final WSAS faculty meeting of the spring semester.

Nominations are due by March 11th

Categories and Descriptions

1. Weissman Award for Excellence in Teaching (Full-Time Faculty)

Recognizes and celebrates innovative teaching in any modality

2. Weissman Award for Excellence in Teaching (Part-Time Faculty)

Recognizes and celebrates innovative teaching in any modality

3. Weissman Award for Excellence in Scholarship or Creative Activity (Full-Time Faculty)

Recognizes and celebrates major accomplishments in scholarship or creative activity

4. Weissman Award for Excellence in Institutional Leadership or Service (Full-Time Faculty, including College Laboratory Technicians)

Recognizes and celebrates leadership and contributions to the WSAS and Baruch community

5. Weissman Award for Excellence in Student or Peer Mentorship (Full-Time Faculty)

Recognizes and celebrates outstanding mentorship

6. Gary Hentzi Award for Excellence in Staff Contribution and Leadership (Full-Time Staff Member of Any Contractual Title)

Recognizes and celebrates the contributions, leadership, and teamwork of a full-time staff member of the Weissman community

7. Weissman Student Star Award

Embodies two or more of the WSAS core values through their excellence in scholarship, service, engagement, and/or innovation within and beyond the Baruch community.

Past Winners

Eligibility

• All ranks of full-time faculty are eligible for all full-time faculty awards: Lecturers, Doctoral Lecturers, Distinguished Lecturers, Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors, except for Presidential and Distinguished Professors.
• All ranks of part-time faculty are eligible for the Award for Excellence in Teaching for part-time faculty.
• College Laboratory Technicians, as well as full-time faculty, are eligible to apply for the Institutional Leadership or Service Award.
• All full-time staff, regardless of contractual title, are eligible to apply for the Gary Hentzi Award for Excellence in Staff Contribution and Leadership.
• Faculty and staff nominees must have been employed continuously in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences for a minimum of four complete semesters in order to be eligible.
• Student nominees must be current undergraduate Baruch students in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, in good standing, with junior or senior status, and who have at least 24 credits of coursework (completed and/or in progress) by the semester of the award.
• Previous recipients will not be eligible for any award for which they have been recognized within the last five years.
• Selection Committee

The Weissman Executive Committee, an elected body, has been charged as the selection committee for the WSAS Faculty Excellence Awards. Committee members will review the nominations and recommend candidates in each category to the Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences.

Nomination and Application Process

We encourage you to nominate someone to be recognized for the outstanding work they do. Nominations from department chairs, faculty, student peers (for the student award), and self-nominations are welcome.

The nomination process is simple: Click the appropriate link below and include basic information about the person you’re nominating, as well as a brief statement about why you’re nominating them. (You’ll be asked to describe in 300-400 words how the person you’re nominating has met the criteria for the award you’ve chosen, considering also how their work reflects one or more of the four core values of collaboration, inclusion, caring, and exploration in the Weissman Strategic Plan.)

Nominate a faculty or staff member for an award

Nominate an undergraduate student for the Student Star Award (only juniors and seniors are eligible but if you are not sure of their status you can still nominate them)

Nominations are due by March 11.

By March 31, nominees will be asked to submit a brief (400-500) word description of how their work has met the criteria for the award. Additionally, they will be asked to submit supporting materials

Faculty nominees will be asked to submit a current curriculum vitae. Staff nominees will be asked to submit a resume. Student award nominees will be asked to submit a current unofficial transcript and optional resume

Awards will be presented at the final WSAS faculty meeting of the spring semester.