Awards
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EXTENSION/PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AWARDS
ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice
Purpose:
To recognize a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding performance in statewide leadership in extension and/or professional practice and has achieved national recognition of his/her contributions to outreach activities.
Eligibility:
Members of the faculty or professional staff with a minimum of 10 years service at ISU. Recipients must be ISU employees at the time of Fall convocation.
Nature of the award:
$1500 one-time stipend.
Number of awards:
One
Criteria:
Documented evidence of outstanding contributions to the university's outreach mission over an extended period of time, including testimony from peers and clients.
ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice
Purpose:
To recognize a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in extension and/or professional practice unusually early in her/his professional career.
Eligibility:
Members of the faculty or professional staff with not more than 6 years experience post Ph.D. (or other appropriate terminal degree) and a minimum of 2 years at ISU. Recipients must be ISU employees at the time of the Fall convocation.
Nature of the award:
$1500 one-time stipend.
Number of awards:
One.
Criteria:
A record of exemplary performance, as documented by clients and peers.
Guidelines for Submitting Nominations for Extension/Outreach Awards
The following guidelines are intended to apply to the Extension/Professional Practice awards. The guidelines
are intended to help units, departments and colleges make their nominations as strong as possible.
- Begin with a statement of no more than three pages describing why this person deserves the award for which
she/he is being nominated. The purpose of this statement is to persuade those reviewing the nomination that the
candidate is deserving. Cite specific examples of relevant behaviors whenever possible.
- Include a current curriculum vita for the nominee.
- Include statements from the nominee's colleagues who are in a position to comment on her/his
extension/professional service activity. Two or three such statements are sufficient and each should not be
more than one page in length.
- Include statements from clientele and/or alumni supporting the nomination. These should be written
specifically for the nomination. Three to five such letters are sufficient.
- Include evaluative data related to the nominee's work. This can include clientele ratings in regard to
teaching as well as evaluative data dealing with impact of the faculty/staff work on clientele. Data regarding
the scope of the program (e.g., number of meetings held, number of people reached, number of publications
prepared) would also be useful. This section should not be more than one page and should be presented in an
easy to read format.
Paragraph for Convocation Program:
As part of the nomination packet, please include a 100 word paragraph about the nominee. If your nominee is selected, that information will be included in the printed program for the Fall Convocation ceremony. Note the following guidelines:
- Full name of nominee, with middle initial;
- Specific accomplishments to support why the nominee should receive the award, i.e., if it's a teaching award, make sure to include appropriate examples of teaching accomplishments; if it's an advising award, be sure to include advising accomplishments, etc.; and
- Any summary statement from supporting documents submitted for the nominee that address her or his qualifications for the award.
Nominations originate in departments and are reviewed by the college before submission to the Office of the Provost.
Submit eight (8) copies of the complete nomination packet to:
Office of the Provost
2550 Beardshear Hall
Attn: Ruth Birch
no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 28, 2005
