Faculty Awards
If you know of colleagues that are doing amazing work with teaching, research, or engagement, please consider nominating them for one of the many faculty awards available. Nomination deadlines for awards vary, so please consult the nomination guidelines for the selected award. Please submit your nominations as soon as possible to allow nominees sufficient time to develop and submit their portfolios for review by selection committees.
Photo above: 2023 Teaching awards in the Murphy Center. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
In order for nominees to have sufficient time to prepare a portfolio, nominators are strongly encouraged to inform nominees that their names have been submitted for consideration for an award and direct them to the appropriate guidelines.
University Teaching Awards
- Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards
- ECU Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Awards and Robert L. Jones Teaching Award
- ECU Scholar-Teacher Awards
- Five-Year and Lifetime Achievement University Research/Creative Activity Awards
- Max Ray Joyner Award for Outstanding Teaching in Distance Education
- University Scholarship of Engagement Award
- University Service-Learning Teaching Excellence Award
Research and Engagement Awards
- Five-Year and Lifetime Achievement University Research/Creative Activity Awards
- University Scholarship of Engagement Award
Office of Global Affairs International Awards
- International Teaching Award
- International Research and Creative Activity Award
- International Service and Engagement Award
- International Service Staff Award
UNC System-Wide Awards
- Oliver Max Gardner Award
- The Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence In Public Service
The Talton Leadership Award has been created to honor the servant leadership of the late James R. Talton Jr. (’65). A servant leader is someone who serves others in his/her work through collaboration, empathy, trust and the ethical use of authority. These characteristics are applicable to roles that you have in your work at the ECU and can be applied at any level position within an organization
East Carolina University’s motto is Servire – “To Serve.” In honor of ECU’s Centennial, the Servire Society recognizes those who have demonstrated a commitment to volunteer service and will challenge the ECU community to serve the larger community external to the university.
Each year the ECU Alumni Association recognizes alumni and friends for their service to the university and accomplishments in their careers. Recipients are honored each fall at ECU Alumni Awards Dinner.
- Virgil Clark ’50 Distinguished Service Award
- Outstanding Alumni Award
- Young Alumni Achievement Award
- Honorary Alumni Award
Distinguished Military Service Society
Black Alumni Chapter Awards
- Dr. Andrew A. Best Trailblazer Award
- Laura Marie Leary Elliott Courageous Leader Award
- Ledonia S. Wright Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award