The deadline is fast approaching for the Provost's Office new Garnet Apple Award. Do you have a colleague who successfully adapts and builds upon cutting-edge best teaching practices in his or her courses? Do you know a faculty member who is highly creative and effective in developing new course materials, classroom methods or pedagogical approaches? Please consider nominating him or her for the inaugural Garnet Apple Award. Nominations are due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2016.

The Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation is a new annual award that will honor the University of South Carolina's most exceptional faculty who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to best teaching practices and an ongoing record of developing innovative strategies to enhance student learning in their courses.

Garnet Apple recipients will be featured in a widely distributed new publication, Vision, Innovation, Practice; be honored at the Garnet Apple reception; and be invited to showcase their teaching innovations to the university community.

To find out more, visit Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation.