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Faculty Awards

Azusa Pacific University faculty are scholars and mentors committed to helping students become purpose-driven servants who will make a positive impact on society. The university presents a number of awards to recognize particular faculty members who personify this committment.

The Chase A. Sawtell Inspirational Faculty Award
and the
Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award

Each year, Azusa Pacific University presents an award to each of two worthy faculty members. They are The Chase A. Sawtell Inspirational Faculty Award and The Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, which were funded for two years initially by the Sears Roebuck Foundation. These awards are presented at the Fall Faculty Workshop and each is accompanied by a memento and an honorarium of $2,000.

Criteria for the Chase A. Sawtell
Inspirational Faculty Award

The recipient shall be a full-time APU faculty member with a minimum of two full-time years of service at APU; shall model significant faculty involvement in the lives of students; shall have a strong Christian influence in the lives of students, peers, alumni, and administrative staff; and shall be seen as living a life of service to others, affirming the worth of each person as a unique individual created by God. Past recipients are not eligible for five years after receiving the award.

Criteria for the Teaching Excellence
and Campus Leadership Award

The recipient shall be a faculty member who has made a distinct difference in the teaching climate of the university in such areas as model classroom teaching, campus leadership, pioneering teaching methodology, creative course development and/or instructional support. Past recipients are not eligible for five years after receiving the award.

Past Recipients

Scholarly Achievement Award
(Graduate and Undergraduate)

The award for scholarly achievement is given to a faculty member who values and promotes scholarship through discovery, integration, or application, and actively supports dissemination of that work through presentations and publications. The individual selected is one who recognizes the linkages between active scholarship, teaching, student learning and service.

These awards are presented at the Fall Faculty Workshop and each is accompanied by a memento and an honorarium of $2,000.

Past Recipients

In 2007, the Graduate Scholarly Achievement Award name was changed to the Rose Liegler Graduate Scholarly Achievement Award.

Alice V. Watkins Imago Dei Ethos Award

The Alice V. Watkins Imago Dei Ethos Award, named for Alice V. Watkins, Ph.D., former dean of the School of Education and Behavioral Studies, recognizes those who play a substantial role in supporting underrepresented professionals at the university and advancing diversity in higher education.

Past Recipients

Service-Learning Cornerstones Award

The Service-Learning Cornerstones Award is given to the faculty member who has most clearly integrated Azusa Pacific’s Four Cornerstones of Christ, Scholarship, Community, and Service.

Past Recipients

In 2010, the Service-Learning Cornerstones Award was added to the provost’s annual faculty awards (previously awarded by the Center for Academic Service-Learning and Research). The Center for Academic Service-Learning and Research will submit two nominations to the Academic Cabinet, and the cabinet members will select one of those two candidates.