The recipient of this award has conducted and published a particularly impressive research project. Ideally, publication of the research results would have been within the last 12 months.

Faculty Research Award Recipients:

• Candace Jacobs, 2024
• Melody Rood, 2023
• Tiffany Henry, 2022
• Maggie Murphy, 2021

Award Policies:

• This award includes a $500 cash prize.
• Awarded annually. However, this award doesn’t have to be awarded each year.
• All UL faculty employees (full time and part time) are eligible after having worked at the UL for at least 24 months. EHRA non-faculty are classified as Faculty and therefore are eligible for this award.
• No recipient of an award will be considered eligible for the same award in less than a five-year period.
• A record of award winners is posted on a wall in the first floor of Jackson Library as well as on the library web site. Winners also get a paper certificate.

The recipient of this award has made recent, excellent contributions in teaching, instruction, and/or information literacy or other literacies, or in supporting the teaching mission of the university. Evidence could include student evaluations, faculty feedback, and assessment data, or creating a new course, digital learning objects, etc.

Faculty Teaching Award Recipients:

• Steve Cramer, 2024
• Juanita Thacker, 2023
• Stacey Krim, 2022
• Jenny Dale, 2021

Award Policies:

• This award includes a $500 cash prize.
• Awarded annually. However, this award doesn’t have to be awarded each year.
• All UL faculty employees (full time and part time) are eligible after having worked at the UL for at least 24 months. EHRA non-faculty are classified as Faculty and therefore are eligible for this award.
• No recipient of an award will be considered eligible for the same award in less than a five-year period.
• A record of award winners is posted on a wall in the first floor of Jackson Library as well as on the library web site. Winners also get a paper certificate.