MAC Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success recognizes one full-time faculty member nominee from each MAC institution who has shown a dedication to student success. The MAC also honors one nominee who has gone above and beyond in their dedication to their students as the overall winner of the Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.
The award is open to any full-time faculty, both tenure-track and instructional, who are engaged with undergraduate or graduate students and demonstrate a commitment to student success and inclusion. The faculty member should also have appreciation for the MAC core values, including academic achievement, commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity, fiscal responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship and student-athlete well-being.
Please share this opportunity with your chairs/faculty.
2024 Award Winner
Courtney Hughes
School of Health Studies
Application Process
- The following materials must be submitted to provost@niu.edu by the deadline:
- 500-word statement addressing the criteria.
- Current vita – limit three pages including the most relevant experience related to the award criteria.
- Three letters of support, with at least one being from a student and at least one from a dean, school director or department chair.
Once all nominations are received, a committee will recommend the nominee to the NIU president for submission as the university’s nominee for the MAC award, which is due at the end of January.
Timetable/Deadlines
The deadline for the 2024-2025 award has not been determined. Please contact us at provost@niu.edu with questions.
Contact Us
Division of Academic Affairs
Altgeld Hall 215
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-8387
provost@niu.edu