Meritorious Service Award

3.1.1 Examples of meritorious performance include, but are not limited to, excellence in classroom teaching, significant curricular development, instructional innovations and/or successful completion of special projects or assignments, and significant individual assistance to and/or interaction with students in the learning process.

3.1.2 Examples of professional commitment include, but are not limited to, having furthered education by attending special courses and institutes or participating in major professional conferences; projects or developmental materials related to contracts, grants or fellowships for instructionally related work or job performance; other appropriate items related to instruction or job performance.

3.2.1 Examples of scholarly performance include, but are not limited to, publication of juried, refereed, and/or reviewed work; noteworthy exhibitions, performance, and/or other creative work; offices held in professional organizations; panel discussions or workshops organized for professional meetings; active participation in professional meetings (i.e., delivered papers, addresses, etc.); academic innovation in general and/or other appropriate materials related to professional growth.

3.2.2 Examples of academic achievement include, but are not limited to, significant research, investigative activity or creative activity; contract, grant or fellowship-sponsored activity successfully concluded; editing or consulting activity of a scholarly nature; active participation in research related conferences, courses or institutes; and other appropriate activity of an outstanding nature.

3.3.1 Examples of meritorious performance include, but are not limited to, exceptional leadership in college, governance and campus life at the department, division, campus, and/or state levels; and/or other exceptional service consistent with the college mission.

3.3.2 Examples of professional achievement include, but are not limited to, developmental working a service-related project within the college (department, division, campus and/or system); developmental work in a service-related project in the off-campus community (recruitment, outreach, public relations, governmental, etc.); other activity which is likely to produce exceptional service to the college and/or surrounding community.