University Award for Inclusive Excellence

Description

Purpose:

To recognize outstanding employees who have advanced the university’s land grant mission of inclusivity in ways that significantly impact the environment at Iowa State. These contributions may be inside or outside the classroom.

Eligibility:

Faculty members, professional, and merit staff are eligible. Recipients must be Iowa State employees at the time of the University Awards Ceremony.

Nature of the award:

$2,500 one-time stipend

Number of awards:

One individual professional or merit staff award
One individual faculty award

Criteria:

Nominees regularly exhibit one or more of these actions/characteristics:

Collaborate across campus, colleges, and/or units to generate positive effects on the university environment to foster a collegiate environment of belonging for all members of the Iowa State Community.
Exemplary performance and positive impact aligned with the university’s strategic plan to be the university that cultivates a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where students, faculty, and staff flourish.
A continuing commitment to promote programs and initiatives that foster inclusivity for all community members.

Guidelines for submitting nominations for the University Award for Inclusive Excellence:

Nomination packets must be submitted as one (1) PDF and contain the following in this order:

1. Completed nomination cover page either for faculty or staff:

Faculty University Award Nomination Cover Page [PDF | DOC]
Staff University Award Nomination Cover Page [PDF | DOC]

2. Three (3) letters of support [each not to exceed two (2) pages]

Nomination letter - The author must be someone with broad knowledge of the nominee's efforts and who can speak to the breadth and depth of the nominee's impact at Iowa State University.
Two (2) letters of support from individuals who have either directly benefited from the nominee's efforts or who have firsthand knowledge of the nominees' impacts on creating an inclusive environment.

3. Nominee statement of no more than two (2) pages that describes how their activities meet the award criteria and their plans for continuing to impact the Iowa State community beyond the current award cycle.

Nominations for this award may be submitted by an individual, employing unit, or college.

If an individual or employing unit would like to submit a nomination, please email the complete nomination document in a single PDF to award-ie@iastate.edu by February 10 (or the next business day). The nominator will receive notification of successful submission within 10-15 minutes.

If a college would like to submit a nomination through the college award nomination process, the college awards coordinator must upload the nomination to the college folder on CyBox by February 10 (or the next business day). Please note that internal deadlines for college review take place before the February 10 (or the next business day) deadline. If you are a college awards coordinator and do not have access to your college's folder on CyBox, please contact Rachel Haynes, rhaynes@iastate.edu.

Nominations are reviewed by a selection committee assembled by the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost. Award recipients and their nominator, department chair/school director, dean, and/or supervisor are notified by May 1. Colleges receive feedback on unsuccessful nominations by July 1.