{"id":17,"date":"2015-07-15T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T01:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/dfa\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:58:48","slug":"nomination-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/dfa\/nomination-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomination Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s lifetime of teaching. You can check out the Previous Recipient&#8217;s page to see our past winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominations for the 2025-2026 Distinguished Faculty Award will close at <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><em>midnight on March 6, 2026,<\/em><\/strong><\/span> so if you fill this out after that date, it will be used for next year&#8217;s award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The nominators&#8217; names remain anonymous but nominators&#8217; comments may be quoted in part or in their entirety when recognizing the finalists<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/dfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/223\/2022\/10\/Nomination-flier-no-date-e1699566385491.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/dfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/223\/2022\/10\/Nomination-flier-no-date-e1699566385491.png\" alt=\"Nominate your best teacher, counselor, or librarian\" class=\"wp-image-327\" 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