Awards Information Contact
Katie Strittmatter
CALS Academic Programs
AgSci, Rm 65
(208) 885-6446
katiestritt@uidaho.edu
Katie Strittmatter
CALS Academic Programs
AgSci, Rm 65
(208) 885-6446
katiestritt@uidaho.edu
RM Wade Excellence in Teaching
The nominee must be a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences faculty member (on or off campus) with a teaching appointment, and hold rank of instructor or higher in one of the following academic units: Agricultural Education and 4H Youth Development; Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; Animal and Veterinary Sciences; Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Family and Consumer Sciences; School of Food Science; and Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences.
NOTE: Nominees for the R.M. Wade Excellence in Teaching Award may not also be nominated for the Outstanding Academic Advising Award.
Selection Criteria
Selection of the R.M. Wade Excellence in Teaching Award recipient will be based upon the following:
R.M. Wade Forms
- The nominee cannot have received the R.M. Wade Excellence in Teaching Teacher Award within the previous five years.
- The nominee must have taught at the University of Idaho for a minimum of three years.
- The nomination packet documentation should cover activities during the five years prior to nomination.
NOTE: Nominees for the R.M. Wade Excellence in Teaching Award may not also be nominated for the Outstanding Academic Advising Award.
Selection Criteria
Selection of the R.M. Wade Excellence in Teaching Award recipient will be based upon the following:
- Teaching evaluations by students, administrators, colleagues, peers and alumni
- Service to the teaching profession
- Service to students
- A philosophy consistent with quality teaching in a land grant university
R.M. Wade Forms

