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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is a kind reminder that the deadline for nomination is February 9, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Weijun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="color:black">Xie, Weijun <wxie@gatech.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, January 22, 2024 at 9:29</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>iefac.list@mailman.clemson.edu <iefac.list@mailman.clemson.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>2024 IISE OR Division Teaching Award<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">If you know a great operations research (OR) teacher, please nominate that faculty for the Teaching Excellence Award in the OR division of IISE, which is an annual national award
recognizing excellence in teaching Operations Research. If you are interested in this award, you can ask your supervisor (e.g., department chair) to nominate you. The award will be presented during the OR Town Hall at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Important dates</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Nomination deadline:
<b>February 9, 2024<br>
</b>Winner notification: <b>March 8, 2024</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Eligibility criteria</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal">The candidate must be a member of IISE and the OR division.</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal">T</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal">he candidate should be nominated for the instruction of
an undergraduate course in operations research methods or applications. The course must be offered as part of an academic program in engineering or management (i.e., Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Civil Engineering, or
Management Science among others). Examples of course titles for the nomination may include “Operations Research,” “Linear Programming,” “Optimization Methods,” “Simulation,” “Production Systems,” “Linear Optimization,” “Decision Analysis,” etc.</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Course materials for which they are being recognized must have been developed by the candidate.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We welcome nominations from around the globe! Course materials and nomination documents must be in English.<br>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Nomination package</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nominations may be made by a faculty colleague or a student who has taken the course from the candidate. The nomination package must consist of:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Table of contents (up to 2 pages).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Letters of support from the nominator and 2 other individuals (up to 2 pages for each letter). At least one of the letters must be from a faculty member and one of the letters from a student who
has taken the course for which the individual is nominated. The letters should completely focus on the course and its impact on the students that the faculty is being nominated for. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A course syllabus and samples of course materials (up to 20 pages).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curriculum vitae of the candidate (up to 2 pages).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A reflective statement by the individual being nominated (1 page).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A collection of up to 10 of the most relevant and impactful student comments from official university student evaluation systems.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Unabridged student comments</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from official university student evaluation systems. The OR Division Awards Director(s) will
then review these comments and remove any that do not talk directly about the quality of the course and/or contain superfluous passages.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The nomination package should
<b><u>not</u></b> include teaching evaluation scores as the OR Division recognizes the biases that exist in these evaluations
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(see, for example,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidehighered.com%2Fnews%2F2019%2F05%2F20%2Ffighting-gender-bias-student-evaluations-teaching-and-tenures-effect-instruction&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf2667a70d9904bf1449208dc25e612dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638426917310095195%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6p2A4bQNbwPQXqc4DdtR26mC7pO3YMGE%2F12W0RJj9yg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/05/20/fighting-gender-bias-student-evaluations-teaching-and-tenures-effect-instruction" shash="RRGbRNs/LXbL/n9FOnAteiobkAElkxkAvM7MOnGqKSfjKcBukYmvtHUVknIvIOp/MXshwFdWOOEESg+9OVpHnMFWuSEdUacxIGUjeCqwEiCv2LNzp0E2j8ucg0soN9AQiHtGvr9hx8q26g523hSGa0j7o7TWFEu0nkOtu6ecKgA="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Article 1</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.lse.ac.uk%2Fimpactofsocialsciences%2F2016%2F02%2F04%2Fstudent-evaluations-of-teaching-gender-bias%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf2667a70d9904bf1449208dc25e612dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638426917310095195%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5Fvc2knlkfFMBC4Bl8qMGgIMBIH2WAZaxZXmnp1ZP4s%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/02/04/student-evaluations-of-teaching-gender-bias/" shash="SJM6S6UE8BhPggIgPbYk+/lVs6+iN6ZY9+Pzzfd616ezyyNYUs7qAwPh3GbrBvXDCU4ScAMVRNwfScGntWTegSBjWJEKYyJa62M5c+z3qvI0BPhHExDlPkVNtB4vNQzLqfhXMx6e6OkbiRITQdiqycu8wlDR5ZXLWLa7WBKq0sw="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Article 2</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">).
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Packages that include teaching evaluation scores or refer to teaching evaluation scores may be returned without review.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">nominee
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">needs to resubmit the package if the numeric scores appear.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Nomination submission</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please email the entire nomination package as a single pdf document to Dr.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Weijun Xie</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:wxie@gatech.edu">wxie@gatech.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">)
by February 9, 2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information on the IISE Annual Conference:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2FAnnual%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf2667a70d9904bf1449208dc25e612dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638426917310095195%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QP3ipiLa9KSe13Okp92ZRi%2BgwPLmpdICgWJeAcCLqys%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.iise.org/Annual/" shash="l4JMyQ6UpOiZnUkLnP/rY4ESa0NDgSVBLSphVB/d1a/Y+uPGMdFfbNREJjH5BlD0zvUCO7rh87DQpAK7gpE+9EeqWNCV84iGpZ7hgfeGQQ2iiUaYV9rVsaGHpi1vxHG69EGNlGzZhRvZANiUksEQQ5BfGgTrhZoWk6WNIXtsIoA="><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.iise.org/Annual/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For additional details about the award including former winners:
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2FDetails.aspx%3Fid%3D662&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf2667a70d9904bf1449208dc25e612dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638426917310095195%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bdLRb%2BCcvpRCTCbL8YMhMc7bDefdd5E5d3w8ikBA%2Ba0%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=662" shash="AS8jFCLyAVIfGwCEaF/lz6DC6Kht94fH7bJMMXS6IuaEh5SJCV7RBOnsUls97HI2uqrkVexwR45cWixVgDJ3Bs/Mx/ZW3Qmg6osJTNl2hx0evh1W7JUxEZlKlj6PKAZI15vwokHzB6LB2/S42cHqSCVirjksj+N4esQBhXFgR1A=">http://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=662</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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