Scholars of the College are faculty members whose scholarship and/or creative work has a significant impact on their field(s). They are scholars who have taken intellectual risks and whose work has achieved a high level of distinction, and has transformed, or promises to transform, the ways in which knowledge is constructed in a particular discipline or set of disciplines. Past recipients of the Scholar of the College award include some of CLA's most distinguished and accomplished scholars and artists.
Purpose
The Scholar of the College award is presented annually by the College of Liberal Arts to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement by faculty in the college. Scholars of the College are chosen on the basis of past accomplishments and contributions in the areas of scholarly research or other creative work, teaching, and service, and the promise of further achievement.