Congratulations to PoE student Kiddy Emmanuel! A short film she produced for her capstone project with The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods won an award for The Next Fifty’s A Story Runs Through It neighborhood film project.
The College of the Environment is pleased to announce that we are seeking nominations for awards to honor members of our College community who have demonstrated outstanding service and dedication. For the 2011-12 year, the College seeks nominations for the following awards:
Distinguished Staff Member
Criteria: Nominees should provide extraordinary service beyond the basic job description and demonstrate the University of Washington values of integrity, diversity, excellence, collaboration, innovation and respect.
Eligible: CoEnv staff members who hold a 50% or greater permanent appointment, have been employed at the University for a minimum of six months as of the nomination deadline.
Outstanding Teaching Faculty
Criteria: Nominees should demonstrate:
• Mastery of subject matter including the continued growth in his/her own teaching
• Demonstration of enthusiasm and innovation in the teaching and learning process
• Ability to engage students both inside and outside of the classroom
• Aptitude to inspire independent and original thinking in students
• Ability to stimulate students to do creative work
• Innovations in course and curriculum design
Eligible: CoEnv tenure-track, WOT (without tenure), and research faculty; lecturers, and instructors.
Outstanding Researcher
Criteria: Research or scholarship contributed within the past two years that has been or has the potential to be widely recognized by peers and whose achievements have had or may have a substantial impact of the profession, on research or the performance of others, or on society as a whole.
Eligible: CoEnv tenure-track, WOT (without tenure), and research faculty; lecturers, instructors, staff or students who are engaged in research.
Outstanding Community Impact
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Criteria: Stakeholder engagement within the past two years that stimulates, inspires, and drives interactive uses of environmental science and information to impact the broader community. Includes, but is not limited to, one or more of the following:
· Working with communities to change management of natural resources
· Bringing diverse groups of people together to address a common problem
· Developing business, economic or industry solutions through hands-on interaction and collaboration
· Affecting or changing city, local or state policies and/or processes
Eligible: Two awards:
1. Staff or faculty, acting within their role in the College, who did not receive the College of the Environment’s Outstanding Public Engagement Award the previous year.
2. CoEnv student who did not previously receive the College of the Environment’s Outstanding Public Engagement Award.
Undergraduate Dean’s Medalist
Criteria: Outstanding academic achievement, including research, overall GPA and other measurable academic achievements, as well as outstanding leadership or service, including community service and leadership on or off campus.
Eligible: CoEnv undergraduate students
Graduate Dean’s Medalist
Criteria: Outstanding academic achievement, including research, overall GPA and other measurable academic achievements, as well as outstanding leadership or service, including teaching, community service and leadership on or off campus.
Eligible: CoEnv graduate students
To nominate an award recipient, submit a letter of nomination letter to the Dean, College of the Environment, as an attachment via email to coenv@uw.edu. Nomination letters should be no more than two pages in length and may be from a single nominator or group of nominators. The deadline for all nominations is Monday, April 9, 2012
The Earth Island Institute is accepting applications from young environmental activists for the thirteenth Annual Brower Youth Awards.
The awards are designed to recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of young people who are working for the protection of the planet. The program seeks to highlight the accomplishments of these new leaders and to invest in their continued success by providing ongoing access to resources, mentors, and opportunities to develop leadership skills.
Young activist leaders between the ages of 13 and 22 (as of July 1, 2012) living in North America are eligible to apply.
The program seeks individuals with vision, motivation, and leadership skills. Applicants should have played the major leadership role in creating, organizing, and implementing their project or campaign(s). Applicants should be able to demonstrate the positive impact of their project on the environment and community in terms of measurable results (e.g., acres of wildlife habitat protected or restored, number of people engaged in environmental issues because of the project, numbers of children no longer exposed to toxins, etc.).
Projects should fall into one or more of the following broad categories: conservation — work to eliminate or decrease the use of finite natural resources and the negative impacts on ecosystems and communities; preservation — work to protect ecosystems, species, indigenous cultures, and other irreplaceable elements of the world’s natural heritage; and restoration — work to re-establish the healthy functions of an ecosystem, parts of ecosystems, and human communities that manage ecosystems.
Each of the six awardees will receive a $3,000 cash prize, a professionally produced short film about their work, and flight and lodging accommodations for a week-long trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. During their stay in California, the recipients will participate in a camping trip, leadership activities, speaking engagements, trainings, and environmental conferences. The week of activities culminates in the awards ceremony on October 16, 2012.
Visit the program Web site for complete guidelines and the application form.
University of Washington Libraries
Distinguished Librarian Award
2012
Background
The Distinguished Librarian Award is presented annually by the University of Washington Libraries to a librarian whose contributions advance the mission of the Libraries and the University. The awardee is recognized at the University of Washington Awards of Excellence Ceremony.
Eligibility
University of Washington Librarians (UW Seattle, Bothell, Tacoma, Law Librarians), either full-time or part-time, with permanent, provisional, continuing or non-continuing status are eligible. Librarians with temporary appointments are not eligible. Members of the selection committee are not eligible during their term of service. A librarian may receive the award only once.
Nomination Procedure
Anyone may nominate a librarian for the Distinguished Librarian Award. Nominators should submit a completed nomination form and a letter of nomination (two pages maximum). The Selection Committee asks nominees for their CVs and the names of up to three people who could serve as references. The committee then contacts the references to ask for letters of support. Letters should discuss the nominee’s accomplishments and how she or he contributes to the Libraries and to the University. The Committee makes decisions based solely on the content of the nomination and support letters, and does not review additional materials or websites. After the awards are announced, each nominee will receive a copy of his or her nomination packet. Individuals nominated are kept in the pool for three years.
Criteria
The award recognizes excellence in librarianship, especially as it benefits the academic community through innovative approaches to professional practice, research, and/or teaching and learning. Additional factors include creativity, leadership, service, scholarship, and demonstration of the University of Washington values of integrity, diversity, excellence, collaboration, innovationand respect.
Selection Committee
The selection committee is appointed by the Dean of University Libraries, and is composed of librarians drawn from the three UW campuses, a representative designated by the chair of the Faculty Council on University Libraries, and a representative from the Information School.
Timeline
For More Information: www.lib.washington.edu/dla