Mu Sigma Rho invites academic institutions to nominate outstanding teaching faculty for the Mu Sigma Rho William D. Warde Statistics Education Award. The recipient must have evidence of excellence in classroom teaching in the statistics discipline and must have a lifetime devotion to statistics education. Each academic institution is allowed one nomination per year. In the event that more than one nomination is received from a single institution in a year, only the first will be considered. Any college or institution may nominate a potential recipient regardless of whether the institution has an active Mu Sigma Rho chapter. Each nomination should include (1) a cover letter, (2) the nominee's curriculum vitae, (3) a summary of the nominee's teaching and educational activities, (4) a draft of a citation briefly describing the nominee’s accomplishments, and (5) at least three letters supporting the nomination. At least two of these letters should come from present or former students and at least one letter should come from a colleague of the nominee. If a nominee is not selected for the award, the nomination will remain active for three years after the initial submission, unless the institution chooses to put forward another nominee.
Nominations should be sent to Ananda Jayawardhana at ajayawardhana@pittstate.edu by February 15, 2017. Please include all nomination material in a single PDF document.
The recipient of the award will be notified on or before March 15, 2017, and will be presented a plaque during the Sunday award ceremony at JSM 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland July 29 to August 3, 2017. Questions regarding this award can be emailed to Ananda at ajayawardhana@pittstate.edu.
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Rebecca Nichols
Director of Education
American Statistical Association
Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics™
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