The Action Council on Diversity and Inclusion invites you to submit nominations of聽qualified students, faculty, and staff for the 2015 Leadership Awards聽reception.
Please send names for one or more of the following award聽categories via email to tmcdowe2 [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (T.J. McDowell).聽Recipients of the following awards will聽receive a聽plaque as well as a scholarship/stipend to put towards their future聽efforts聽to increasing diversity awareness and enhancing the campus environment.
Nominations must be聽submitted by Friday, March 27. Please include a brief detailed rationale (2-3 sentences) for your nominations.聽
Student Advocate for Diversity
Acknowledges students who raise awareness and recognize a need, problem,聽or聽opportunity that should be addressed regarding diverse populations and聽diversity issues. This student inspires others to share their聽vision and聽goals for diversity, and advocates a practical solution or course of聽action聽to benefit the common good, while fostering meaningful聽relationships with聽peers from diverse backgrounds. Above all the nominee should聽demonstrate a聽willingness to challenge generalizations and stereotypes of diverse聽populations and communicate effectively with people of varied聽backgrounds.聽Nominator must be a faculty, staff, or student of SM论坛.
Faculty Advocate for Diversity
Acknowledges faculty at SM论坛 for qualities and criteria that are stated聽above for the Student Advocate for Diversity. In addition this聽individual聽should have a record of helping students to learn to communicate聽effectively聽with people of varied backgrounds as well as helping them to become聽self-advocates. Nominator must be a faculty, staff, or student of SM论坛.
Staff Advocate for Diversity
Acknowledges staff at SM论坛 for qualities and criteria that are stated聽above for the Student Advocate for Diversity. In addition this聽individual聽should have a record of helping students to learn to communicate聽effectively聽with people of varied backgrounds as well as helping them to become聽self-advocates. Nominator must be a faculty, staff, or student of SM论坛.
Mary Butler Award (student award only)
Acknowledges a junior or senior who identifies as a student of聽color, and聽is聽in good academic standing with the university. This student shall exude聽an聽enthusiasm to serve both the Wesleyan and Lincoln community by adding a聽freshness and a new dimension to either their organization(s) or to the聽people with whom the nominee has been involved. This student should be聽sensitive and knowledgeable about campus needs and demonstrate聽the ability聽to enrich the campus through extracurricular involvement. Qualities to聽consider are initiative, creativity, responsibility, cooperation,聽leadership, and concern for others. Nominator must be a faculty,聽staff, or聽student of SM论坛.