Provost’s Award for High Impact Experiential Learning

11.19.25 Packages are due to department heads – contact your department head for what is required
12.01.25 Full packages are due to the Award Review Group – department heads submit nominations (up to 2) – nominees to email materials to Jeff Joines and Selina Williams
12.12.25 Award Review Group selects college nominations; all nominees are notified; comments and suggestions on packages are due to the college nominees
1.14.26 Final packages are due to the dean’s office – nominees to email them to the dean’s EA
1.21.26 Packages are due to the university – Dean’s EA will submit

Wilson College of Textiles Nomination Limit: 1

Award Review Group (* by position): Emiel DenHartog*, Jeff Joines*, Kristin Thoney-Barletta*, Xiangwu Zhang*, grad student, undergrad student

Award Website: http://provost.ncsu.edu/ofe/awards-and-honors/provosts-award-for-high-impact-experiential-learning/

Award Information
The Provost’s Award has been reimagined to recognize excellence in the development, delivery, accessibility, and outcomes of high-impact and interdisciplinary experiences that engage NC State students, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional populations.

High Impact Experiences, a key focus of NC State’s Quality Enhancement Plan, are defined by several criteria: (1) they consistently engage participants at a deep level, (2) they offer formal or informal mentoring and opportunities for collaborative work, (3) they prioritize access, belonging and wellbeing throughout, (4) they require students to critically reflect on, discuss, connect, and apply new skills, knowledge, and perspectives, and (5) they provide reflective or public opportunities for students to demonstrate how these experiences have helped them integrate and apply their learning to real-world problems and their own lives.

This award is designed to recognize and support the growth and delivery of exceptional programs that offer such experiences. The selected program will receive a monetary grant of $12,500 to support its further development.

Criteria and Eligibility
This award is open to programs that provide High Impact Experiences to any NC State student population. Eligible programs must align with the definitions of High Impact Experiences outlined in the overview. These experiences can be either credit-generating or non-credit-generating. Given that High Impact Experiences are often interdisciplinary by nature, programs incorporating interdisciplinary elements are encouraged to highlight these aspects.

Programs may be led by individuals or groups of full-time faculty (0.75 FTE or greater) in tenure or professional tracks, or by teams that include both faculty and staff. Teams may consist of members from different colleges or units, as well as external collaborators, with a maximum team size of five. However, they should clearly identify the institute, college, or division that serves as their primary point of affiliation.

A specific initiative or team may only win this award once every 5 years.