The Senate Honors Awardees at Distinguished Faculty Event
Throughout their career, UC San Francisco faculty put in great efforts to respond to mentoring and teaching responsibilities. The Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP) honors these efforts by awarding four faculty annually with the Senate’s Distinction In Mentoring (DIM) Award and the Distinction In Teaching (DIT) Award.
This year’s recipients were recognized during an award ceremony surrounded by colleagues and family on Tuesday, May 29, in the Lange Room at the UCSF Library on the Parnassus campus. Each recipient gave an acceptance speech.
The DIM Award, which began in 2009, honors faculty with an outstanding history of mentoring faculty and fellows. Two faculty recipients were given this award, one at the rank of an Associate Professor and one at the rank of Full …show more content…
Covinsky, MD, MPH, professor in residence, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine. One of Covinsky’s nominators said they pursued a career in geriatrics, because of him.
“It is an honor to win this award, because I am surrounded by great colleagues in the Division of Geriatrics who are passionate about changing the world and my work would not be possible without them,” Covinsky said.
DIM recipients are nominated by faculty and fellows. Recipients are chosen by an award selection committee comprised of eight professors, who are appointed by associate deans from every School, and which is chaired by a current member of CAP. These committee members rotate annually to allow for a new and fair evaluation of nominees.
“The award ceremony was a wonderful way to celebrate the sacred art of mentoring and teaching at UCSF,” said Jeff Critchfield, Chair, CAP. “It is profound to see what all these wonderful faculty members are doing at this University.”
The list of previous DIM awardees are available
Throughout their career, UC San Francisco faculty put in great efforts to respond to mentoring and teaching responsibilities. The Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP) honors these efforts by awarding four faculty annually with the Senate’s Distinction In Mentoring (DIM) Award and the Distinction In Teaching (DIT) Award.
This year’s recipients were recognized during an award ceremony surrounded by colleagues and family on Tuesday, May 29, in the Lange Room at the UCSF Library on the Parnassus campus. Each recipient gave an acceptance speech.
The DIM Award, which began in 2009, honors faculty with an outstanding history of mentoring faculty and fellows. Two faculty recipients were given this award, one at the rank of an Associate Professor and one at the rank of Full …show more content…
Covinsky, MD, MPH, professor in residence, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine. One of Covinsky’s nominators said they pursued a career in geriatrics, because of him.
“It is an honor to win this award, because I am surrounded by great colleagues in the Division of Geriatrics who are passionate about changing the world and my work would not be possible without them,” Covinsky said.
DIM recipients are nominated by faculty and fellows. Recipients are chosen by an award selection committee comprised of eight professors, who are appointed by associate deans from every School, and which is chaired by a current member of CAP. These committee members rotate annually to allow for a new and fair evaluation of nominees.
“The award ceremony was a wonderful way to celebrate the sacred art of mentoring and teaching at UCSF,” said Jeff Critchfield, Chair, CAP. “It is profound to see what all these wonderful faculty members are doing at this University.”
The list of previous DIM awardees are available