Deadline

Final nominations must be submitted online to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost by February 10 (or the next business day). Review college deadlines.

Description

Purpose: The Carroll Ringgenberg Award, funded from an endowment established in 1995 to honor a long term professional and scientific staff member who was instrumental in the development of facilities planning and space utilization on campus, recognizes extraordinary professional and scientific staff members exhibiting constant and contagious dedication to and goodwill for Iowa State University.

Eligibility: Staff members must have a minimum of ten (10) years of service at Iowa State University to be eligible. Recipients must be Iowa State employees at the time of the University Awards Ceremony.

Nature of the award: $2,500 award

Number of awards: One (1)

Criteria:

  • Extraordinary dedication to the Iowa State University community
  • A spirit of goodwill for Iowa State University
  • A history of excellence in the service to others at Iowa State University

Guidelines:  

Submit three (3) letters of endorsement; one (1) letter must be from a supervisor of the nominee and one (1) of the three (3) letters needs to be considered a nomination letter. Also, submit the nominee's resume or vita. Since the above criteria are used when reviewing the nominations, it is important to attach supportive information (if applicable) and to include dates when possible. Letters should cite examples of the nominee's contribution in each of the areas listed in the criteria section.

In a 100-word summary of the award nomination include specific accomplishments to support why the nominee should receive a specific award and any summary statements from supporting documents that address award qualifications. The Carroll Ringgenberg Award will be presented at the University Award Ceremony.

Nominations for P&S Awards may be submitted by an individual, employing unit, or college. If an individual would like to submit a nomination, please email the complete nomination document in a single PDF to award-cr@iastate.edu. The nominations will be housed in a confidential file and the nominator will receive notification of successful submission within 10-15 minutes.

General Guidelines for Professional and Scientific Nominations

  • Format and electronic submission instructions
  • Staff university award nomination cover page [PDF | DOC]
  • When the file is prepared, nominators must submit their nominations to their college by the college deadline. When the college is ready to submit their nominations, the college awards coordinator must upload the nominations to the appropriate college folder on CyBox. If you do not have access to your college's folder on CyBox, please contact Rachel Haynes, rhaynes@iastate.edu.
  • If an individual would like to submit a nomination, please email the complete nomination document in a single PDF to the appropriate email address (identified in individual award guidelines). The nominations will be housed in a confidential file and the nominator will receive notification of successful submission within 10-15 minutes.

For questions or more information about award eligibility, contact:

For questions or more information about award submission, contact:

Professional & Scientific Council awards committee