Awards & Fellowships
Contact
Provost OfficeWeyerhaeuser Hall 214A
651-696-6160
Macalester recognizes faculty excellence through endowed professorships and teaching awards, and nominates faculty for external leadership fellowships.
| Award or program | Eligibility | How selected | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endowed professorships | Tenured faculty | [[PASTE selection process]] | As chairs become available |
| Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award | Tenured and non-tenured faculty with 8+ years of teaching at Macalester | Nomination by faculty and students; $5,000 prize | Nominations due the week before spring break |
| Thomas Jefferson Award | Faculty and staff | President’s Office | Spring |
| ACM Academic Leadership Fellows | Tenured faculty interested in academic leadership | Nominated by the Provost’s Office; selected by ACM | Every two years |
| Consortium for Faculty Diversity | Departments seeking to host a postdoctoral fellow | Departments apply through the Provost’s Office | Annual |
ACM Academic Leadership Fellows
The Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s Academic Leadership Fellows program prepares faculty for senior academic leadership through a two-year cohort experience, with a stipend and a teaching reduction. Candidates are identified through each campus’s provost office. Macalester’s most recent fellows were Duchess Harris and Andrea Kaston Tange (2023-25).
[[PASTE: how interested faculty express interest and the internal timeline.]]
Consortium for Faculty Diversity
The Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges supports postdoctoral and dissertation fellowships that bring scholars from underrepresented groups to member campuses. Macalester has hosted CFD fellows since 2002; see the list of Macalester CFD fellows (PDF).
[[PASTE: how a department proposes to host a fellow and the internal deadline.]]