From: CU-Boulder Administrative E-Memo (memofrom@Colorado.EDU)
Date: Tue Jan 30 2007 - 22:04:52 MST
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:04:52 -0700 (MST) From: CU-Boulder Administrative E-Memo <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: President's Diversity Award
TO: Boulder Campus Teaching & Research Faculty, Staff,
Deans, Directors, Dept Chairs, System Administration
FROM: Vice President for Academic Affairs
SENDER: Rae Ann Armijo
DATE: January 31, 2007
SUBJECT: President's Diversity Award
PRESIDENT'S DIVERSITY AWARD - 2007
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 President's Diversity Award!
This annual award recognizes significant achievements of faculty, staff,
students, and academic or administrative units toward developing a more
culturally diverse, competent, and inclusive university community.
Up to four awards of $1,000 each are given for projects or practices that best
reflect the implementation of system and/or campus diversity goals. Awardees
will be recognized at the President's Diversity Award Reception on May 1, 2007,
2-4 p.m. (Denver location to be announced), and their names published in the
Silver & Gold.
ELIGIBILITY
Nominations are welcome from any member of the university community.
Nominations are sought in four categories: (1) faculty, (2) staff, (3) student,
and (4) academic unit or administrative unit. [Faculty must be full-time
tenured/tenure track or senior instructors/instructors; staff must be full-time
professional exempt or classified employees; and students must be full-time
undergraduate or graduate students. Unit refers to academic and administrative
offices; staff, faculty, and student committees; and organizations (such as
alumni) directly associated with CU.]
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
Significance: How does the activity the individual or unit engaged in address
key areas of diversity such as recruitment, retention, campus or department
climate, community outreach, or other system or campus diversity goals?
Implementation: How was the activity implemented? What strategies were used?
What sources of funding were used to implement this project or activity?
Projects or activities may be short-term or may have occurred over several
years.
Impact: What has been the outcome? For example, has the activity (a) increased
understanding or promoted constructive change on issues regarding diversity at
CU? (b) influenced the success of students, staff, or faculty of diverse
cultural backgrounds? (c) helped to bridge the gap between the university and
diverse communities? (d) helped to bring about greater equity in the university
community? These and/or other indicators of impact should be described in the
nomination letter.
NOMINATION LETTER
Nomination letters should (1) indicate the nominee's category (refer to
eligibility section above), (2) explicitly address the three criteria stated
above, (3) be no longer than three pages, and (4) include the name and email
address of nominee and nominator. Additional supporting materials may be
included as appendices.
A committee with representatives from each campus will make selections based on
the criteria.
Submit nomination letters (electronic submissions are welcome) to:
Rae Ann Armijo
University of Colorado
1800 Grant Street
Suite 800/35UCA
Denver, CO 80203
raeann.armijo@cu.edu
303.860.5617 (Ph.)
303.860.5620 (Fax)
The deadline for receipt of nominations and all supporting documents is Friday,
March 9, 2007.
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