Call for Nominations
2017 University Awards for the Advancement of Women
On behalf of the Offices of the Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Carolina Women’s Center is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2017 University Awards for the Advancement of Women. This award recognizes contributions by people of all genders to the advancement of women at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Each year, four individuals–one faculty member, one staff member, and two students–are selected to receive the award. The faculty and staff recipients each receive $5000. In 2016, the award for a student split into two awards: one for an undergraduate student, and one for a graduate or professional student or postdoctoral scholar. Each student recipient receives $2500. Awardees are honored in a ceremony during the Carolina Women’s Center’s annual Gender Week Celebration in the spring.
Please submit nominations for individuals who have contributed in one or more of the following ways:
• Elevated the status of women on campus in sustainable ways;
• Helped to improve campus policies affecting women;
• Promoted and advanced the recruitment, retention, and upward mobility of women;
• Participated in and assisted in the establishment of professional development opportunities for women; and/or
• Participated in and assisted in the establishment of academic mentoring for women.
In no more than 750 words, please address directly how the nominee meets one or more of the award’s criteria, using specific examples to support the nomination. Nominations may also include letters of support from other individuals or groups
**There are a number of other awards for which nominees might also be eligible and/or better candidates. Please see the list of awards and links on the Carolina Women’s Center’s Awards Page.
**To submit a nomination, please use the online form at:
http://www.unc.edu/oira/public/uaaw/women_nomination.html
A maximum of two additional supporting letters (suggested limit 250 words) are permitted but not required. These letters may be submitted via fax (919-843-5619), campus mail (Carolina Women’s Center, CB# 3302), or emailed pdf (cwc@unc.edu). Please be sure to indicate in the cover sheet or subject line whose nomination the letter supports.
All faculty and staff nominees must be permanent, current employees. No self-nominations or posthumous nominations will be accepted. Carolina Women’s Center administrators and staff are not eligible for nomination.
The deadline for nominations is Monday, January 30, at 5:00 p.m. Please note that this is a shorter nomination window than usual.
Previous award winners are
(2016) Sheila Kannappan, Jackie Overton, Mary Shen, Leslie Gabriela Morales
(2015) Carmen Samuel-Hodge, Terri Phoenix, Maegan Clawges
(2014) Karen Booth, Donna Bickford, Audrey Rose Verde
(2013) Jenny Ting, Kelli Raker, Camille McGirt
(2012) Sherryl Kleinman, Bev Pearson, Allison Grady
(2011) Lillie Searles, Bob Pleasants, Caroline Fish
(2010) Laurie McNeil, Melinda Manning, Parastoo Hashemi
(2009) Etta Pisano, Aimee Krans, Annie Clark
(2008) Kay Lund, Cookie Newsom, Emily Joy Rothchild
(2007) Barbara Harris, Annette Madden, Emily Dunn,
(2006) Jan Boxill, Terri Houston, Matt Ezzell