President’s Sabbatical Award Applications Due Today!

The President’s Sabbatical Award application is due today, November 1. Teaching, administrative and professional faculty, please consider applying for the President’s Sabbatical. Read on for information on guidelines, eligibility and the application.

The President’s Sabbatical Award is designed to foster creative energy by providing faculty with one semester of sabbatical leave with full pay. Each academic year, a maximum of three faculty members, one of whom can be on a 12-month contract, can receive the award.

Award proposals should be no more than 1,000 words and specify how the sabbatical leave will uniquely benefit both the individual and the College. The proposal and NVCC Form 105-100 should be sent electronically to the chair of the Personnel Services Committee today. Faculty members on the Personnel Services Committee (who are not eligible for the award) will evaluate the proposals and recommend up to three names to the President, who selects the award winners. Award recipients will present a lecture on their sabbatical experience to the College community during the year following their leave.

NVCC Form 105-100 is available in the Forms Library. Applicants must have completed six years of service in the VCCS to qualify for the President’s Sabbatical Award. Applicants who have previously won the President’s Sabbatical Award must have served the College for six years since their last award.

The Personnel Services Committee will use the President’s Sabbatical Rubric to evaluate all applications. Please review the criteria when writing your sabbatical application.

The deadline to apply is today, November 1. If you have questions, contact PSC Chair Dr. Donna Minnich at DMinnich@nvcc.edu.

Submitted by:
Dr. Donna Minnich, PSC Chair, DMinnich@nvcc.edu