Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Edna V. Folger Outstanding Teacher Award.

This annual award is designed to raise awareness about the immeasurable influence teachers have on their students and to recognize the image of teachers as important community role models. Any full-time elementary or secondary school teacher working at a public, private, or parochial school in Bartholomew County is eligible to receive the award.

Nomination instructions are available from the IUPUC Center for Teaching and Learning, the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Administrative Offices, and in the main office of schools throughout Bartholomew County. Nomination forms may also be downloaded at www.iupuc.edu/ctl. Any individual or group may nominate a classroom teacher to receive this award. Nominations should include biographical information, reasons for nomination, letters of recommendation and support materials. The deadline for nominations is 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The award will be presented at the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting.

Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, the Community Education Coalition, and the IUPUC Center for Teaching and Learning sponsor this award. For more information, contact Marsha VanNahmen at (812) 375-7576: mvannahm@iupuc.edu or visit www.iupuc.edu/ctl.