The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor is accepting nominations for several awards for faculty and staff. Nomination materials are due Tuesday, January 31, 2023 to the EVC’s office. Submit nominations as one PDF here: https://go.unl.edu/evccampusawards.
The Edgerton Junior Faculty Award is a $5,000 award presented each year to an outstanding junior faculty member who has demonstrated creative research, extraordinary teaching abilities, and academic promise. Nominees need to have a tenure notification date of 2025.
The Sorensen Distinguished Teaching Award is a $3,000 award presented each year in recognition of an individual’s outstanding teaching in the humanities.
The James O’Hanlon Academic Leader Award is a $1,000 award presented each year to honor an academic leader who has demonstrated exceptional abilities to lead, serve, inspire, and collaborate on the academic goals at the University. The award is named for Dr. James O’Hanlon, who has effectively served the University in academic leadership positions. Nominations are limited to full-time faculty or staff.
The Nancy Kenny Academic Business Leader Award is a $1,000 award presented each year to honor a leader who has demonstrated exceptional abilities to collaborate on and led with the utmost integrity the academic business matters at the University. The award is named for Nancy Kenny, who served the University in business leadership positions across the campus. Nominations are limited to full-time faculty or staff.
The Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award is a $1,000 award presented each year to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in mentoring and supporting undergraduate researchers. Nominations are limited to full-time faculty.
The Dr. Charles Riedesel Outstanding Academic Advising Award is a $1,000 award presented each year to outstanding advising of undergraduate students. The award is named for Dr. Riedesel, Chief Undergraduate Advisor in Computer Science and Engineering. Nominations are limited to full-time faculty or staff with job descriptions that include undergraduate advising.
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Staff award nominations are also being accepted for the Kudos (for academic affairs colleges/units) and the Exceptional Excellence Award. Please consider advertising these awards more broadly to increase nominations.
The University of Nebraska Staff Kudos Award is an award presented by the Board of Regents recognizing outstanding service to the University. We supplement funding for this award, which totals $1,000.
The Exceptional Excellence Award is a $1,000 award presented in recognition of an individual’s outstanding support of a faculty member. This nomination must come from a faculty member rather than a dean/director/head/chair.
For more information, required nomination materials and past winners: https://executivevc.unl.edu/faculty/evaluation-recognition/awards.
Contact Suzi Tamerius at stamerius2@unl.edu with questions.
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/evccampusawards