The awards is usually given for a body of service, rather than a single activity or achievement. Recipients receive a plaque and a $2,000 honorarium. All current, continuing full-time faculty and ...

All recipients receive a plaque and a $2,000 honorarium to their base pay, and carry the suffix title "Distinguished Faculty ... academic years of service at Western Michigan University prior to ...

The researcher's name is engraved on the Distinguished Researcher plaque on the first ... at least five years of service as a full-time faculty member or professional librarian with MSU may be ...