Briefs

Weiss fellows deadline:Faculty, academic staff, and junior and senior students have until March 5 to submit nominations for the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Award for 2003. Established by the Cornell Board of Trustees in 1992, the award recognizes tenured faculty who have a sustained record of effective and inspiring teaching of undergraduate students. Nominations from faculty should include the nominator's own letter, an additional supporting letter from a faculty member or other member of the academic staff as well as letters of support from six undergraduate students. Student nominators should include, in addition to their own letter, one supporting letter from another student and the names and addresses of four students who are willing to write letters of support. All nomination letters should make a substantial case for the nominee, addressing his or her specific contributions, including examples that demonstrate:

• making distinctive contributions to undergraduate teaching, such as challenging and well-organized presentations of the subject, adaptability to the learning needs of students, innovative approaches to course materials and availability to students outside of class.

• influencing students beyond the formal role as a teacher, such as advising or mentoring individual students, advising student organizations or groups, serving on teaching and curriculum committees, informal interacting with students..

• helping students, such as aiding in case of illness or other emergency and advising students confronted with difficult problems.

Send nominations to the Weiss Presidential Fellows Committee, 315 Day Hall. For further information, call Diane LaLonde, 255-4843.