School of Nursing: Standard on the Laurel Copp Literary Award

Title

School of Nursing: Standard On The Laurel Copp Literary Award

Unit Standard

Introduction

Purpose

Laurel Archer Copp, former Dean of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing, has endowed a fund to support an award to stimulate the scholarly writing of nursing faculty. Scholarly writing, for the purpose of this award, is defined as the creative use of words to achieve insight or impact on patient care, teaching, research or service.

Scope of Applicability

All faculty in the School of Nursing are eligible.

Standard

Award: Cash award, plus recognition on a plaque for the individual or team plus recognition on a permanent plaque in the School of Nursing, and recognition during a School of Nursing public event.

Below are the guidelines for the award:

  1. Dean's Office or designee annually sends out a request for papers / scholarly products for consideration and states requirements as well as evaluation criteria
    1. Submissions must have been published within the prior two years.
    2. Submissions may be multi-authored, but lead author must be a SON faculty member.
    3. Papers will be evaluated for effectiveness of expression, creativity, literary quality, excitement or energy, stylistic excellence, and stimulation of thought or action.
  2. Reviewers
    1. Submissions will be rated on the following criteria: effectiveness of expression, creativity, literary quality, excitement or energy, stylistic excellence, and stimulation of thought or action.
    2. Rubric will be on the following scale:
      Meets criteria:
      1. Not at all
      2. Minimally
      3. Mostly
      4. Consistently
    3. Each paper will be reviewed by two reviewers.
    4. Each reviewer will sum up their score and turn in the sheets to Dean's Office.
  3. Dean's Office or designee will rank order scores. If a tie occurs, a third review will be solicited from one of the original three to five reviewers.
  4. The Dean will announce the recipient at the end of year awards ceremony or the first logical opportunity thereafter.

Contact Information

Primary Contact

Valerie Howard, Dean

Important Dates

  • Effective Date and title of Approver: 11/06 approved by faculty
  • Revised: 4/4/10 approved by Dean's Cabinet

Approved by:

Peggy Wilmoth, Executive Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Details

Article ID: 132429
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Thu 4/8/21 9:31 PM
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Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
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11/06/2019 10:20 AM
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11/06/2019 10:20 AM
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11/05/2021 12:00 AM
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04/04/2010 12:00 AM
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School of Nursing