Award:

This prestigious award honors ten (10) professors from throughout Texas during the current academic year for their dedication to the teaching profession and superior teaching ability at the college level. Although the purpose of these awards is to provide recognition to the teaching profession, the selection committee will also consider factors such as research, publication, administration and related activities. Each award recipient will be honored with a certificate naming him/her “Piper Professor” of the year, a cash honorarium of $5,000, and a gold commemorative pin.

Selection Process/Eligibility:

Under the current Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation guidelines, each institution may submit only one nomination. The Faculty Awards Committee reviews nominations and makes a recommendation to the President for approval of the selected candidate. The candidate for the award must be a full-time instructor. Nominations are taken in early fall, with the official announcement of award recipients made in May each year by the Piper foundation. For information about how to apply for this year’s award, please review the following:

Eligibility and Requirements

Nomination form

The selection criteria, requirements and application form can be found at the Faculty Senate website.

Additional information from the state comptroller’s office concerning the award, please visit:
https://comptroller.texas.gov/programs/education/msp/funding/programs/ppnominationform.php

Past Recipients (red type indicates individual reveived a Piper Professorship):