Nominations for the 2023 DFA award close on Friday, March 8, 2024, at midnight!

The Distinguished Faculty Award was founded in 1987 to recognize and honor one (or more) representatives of the Palomar faculty for excellence in teaching. Each year, Palomar College is honored to recognize one deserving full-time and one deserving part-time Faculty member along with several outstanding finalists whose integrity, enthusiasm, knowledge, creativity, and dedication illuminate the very best of teaching at Palomar College. The full-time and part-time winners may receive their awards only once during a Professor’s lifetime of teaching.

Is there a faculty member, counselor, or librarian that has made a difference in your life? Whose work consistently exceeds your expectations and you feel motivates and inspires the best in all of us? If so, spread the word and share this video with others. Then click on the nomination form in the left menu . . . and let the nominations begin!

Candidates who accept their nominations submit materials related to their teaching. Distinguished Faculty Award Committee members interview finalists and select the honorees. The most outstanding and exceptional candidates will be recognized as this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Honorees receive a plaque, are recognized at both the End of Year celebration event and Fall Plenary, receive a $1,000 honorarium, thanks to the Palomar College Foundation and the John Leahy Endowment, and get a designated parking space for the following school year. The full-time faculty honoree will also be the speaker at commencement the following year.

Nominators’ names remain anonymous but nominators’ comments may be quoted in part or in their entirety when recognizing the finalists.

This year’s deadline for nominations is Friday, March 8, 2024, at midnight, so please don’t delay in getting your nominations in!

For more information, please contact either Travis Ritt or Betsy Pain, this year’s DFA Co-Chairs