THE “SANDY”  

Submission Deadline: January 2, 2010 

The American Academy of Advertising is happy to announce the call for nominations for the Charles H. Sandage Award for Teaching Excellence, known as the “The Sandy.” 

The award is in recognition of outstanding contributions to advertising teaching.  The award is accompanied by a plaque commemorating the event and is presented at the annual conference of the Academy.  Any member of the Academy may nominate or be nominated for the award and preference will be given to Academy members.  Past Presidents of the Academy are not eligible until five years have passed since they have served on the Executive Committee.  Please refer to the AAA Directory and/or website for more information on each award:  http://www.aaasite.org 

The nomination letter and supporting documentation should provide evidence of lifetime teaching excellence. Examples of excellence might include (but are not limited to) the following: 

·         Performance of students as advertising (or business) professionals 

·         Performance of students as advertising (or other) teachers 

·         Case study development and publication 

·         Textbook publication 

·         Letters from past students (not sufficient in and of themselves) 

·         Innovative course development 

·         Innovative ex-class room teaching development 

Note that letters of support alone are not adequate documentation; in fact, support letters without documentation will not be considered by the committee.  A meaningful nomination should include at least three, but no more than five, actual support documents.  All letters should fully explain, with reference to documents and with as much detail as possible, the reasons the person is being nominated.  All documents should be e-mailable, in Word or .pdf format. 

No more than one Sandy will be awarded in a given year, and there is no obligation to award a Sandy in any year.  For a list of past award winners please visit the AAA website.  Nominations and supporting documentation should be submitted no later than January 2, 2010 to the Chair of the Awards Committee: 

Dr. Mary Ann Stutts 

Texas State University-San Marcos 

McCoy College of Business Administration 

Department of Marketing-424 McCoy Hall 

San Marcos, TX  78666 

Phone:   512-245-3190 

Fax:       512-245-7475 

Email:    ms04@txstate.edu