Office of the Provost &
Vice President for Academic Affairs

West Chester University

Contact Info
Dr. Linda Lamwers
Philips Memorial Hall
Room 103
700 South High Street
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-3405


Various Faculty Awards and Honors

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Revised January 2011

To ensure that West Chester University faculty are well recognized, the University supports the following awards. Below is an overview of these awards.

E. Riley Holman Memorial Faculty Award

The E. Riley Holman Memorial Faculty Award honors a faculty member who demonstrates innovative teaching techniques that foster student creativity. Guidelines

Distinguished Sponsored Research Award

The Distinguished Sponsored Research Award recognizes a faculty member who has made a significant contribution to the scholarship of the University community through the acquisition of external grants from peer-reviewed funding sources. Guidelines

Emeritus/Emerita Designation

Emeritus/Emerita status is conferred on retiring or recently retired members of the faculty whose contribution to the university has been exemplary. Guidelines

Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award

The Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award is presented to a faculty member for demonstrated excellence in teaching, the development of a course(s) based upon innovative concepts, or the development of an innovative method of teaching. Guidelines

Trustees’ Achievement Award

The Trustees Achievement Award recognizes distinguished scholarly and creative work by a current West Chester University faculty member: specific, original contributions to a discipline (as in a research study, monograph, scholarly paper, literary work, musical composition, or work of art), or a significant collective body of work. Emphasis is on the national and international contribution of the scholarly work. Applications are to be evaluated by a panel of independent evaluators in the candidate’s field. Criteria include significance, quality, and originality of work within the discipline. Guidelines