The Ingalls/Alumni Award is presented annually to a full-time regular UAB faculty member who, throughout his/her career at UAB, has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to teaching. To receive the Ingalls/Alumni Award, the faculty must be a former recipient of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and have served UAB for 20 or more years as a full-time regular faculty member.
How to Nominate
Submit required documents for nomination in electronic format via email to Jessica Eddings (Project Coordinator - Provost) at jeddings@uab.edu.
Nominations for the 2025 Ellen Gregg Ingalls/UAB National Alumni Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching open March 1, 2025 and close May 31, 2025.
The full list of eligible 2025 nominees will be made available soon.
Eligibility
Faculty may be nominated who meet the following criteria:
- must be a full-time regular faculty member of UAB who has served UAB for 20 or more years, and
- must be a former recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Please Note: Faculty who are eligible to be nominated for the Ingalls/UAB Alumni Award are announced in the summer. The full list of eligible 2025 nominees will be listed in the nomination form, available in the "How to Nominate" section on this page.
For questions related to the Ingalls/UAB Alumni Award, contact Office of the Provost at 205-934-0622 or by emailing provost@uab.edu.
Past Recipients
2024 - Lisa Willet
2023 - Tino Unlap
2022 - Jacqueline Nikles
2021 - Robin Lester
2020 - Jennifer Kilgo
2019 - Gustavo (Tavo) R. Heudebert
2018 – Michael E. Sloane
2017 – Robert Centor
2016 – Robert Centor
2015 – Joseph G. Van Matre
2014 – Pauline Jolly
2013 – Gregg Janowski
2012 – Alan Eberhardt
2011 – Robin Foley
2010 – Charles Watkins
2009 – Peter Anderson
2008 – Ferris J. Ritchey
2007 – Rosalia N. Scripa
2006 – S. Jean O'Neal