The Carolina Women’s Center has announced a call for nominations for the 2008 University Awards for the Advancement of Women. Also sponsored by the offices of the Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, this award recognizes contributions to the advancement of women at Carolina. Each year, three individuals — one faculty member, one staff member and one student — may be selected to receive the award. The faculty and staff recipients each receive $5,000, and the student recipient receives $2,500. Awardees are honored in an award celebration during the Carolina Women’s Center’s annual Women’s Week Celebration.
Submissions of nominations are invited for women and men who have contributed in one or more of the following ways:
• Mentored and supported women students, staff, faculty, and/or administrators;
• Elevated the status of women on campus;
• 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.
All faculty and staff nominees must be permanent employees. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. To submit a nomination, please use the online form at http://www.unc.edu/oira/public/women_nomination.html .
Carolina Women’s Center contact: Donna Bickford, (919) 962-8305, bickford@unc.edu
News Services contact: Susan Houston, (919) 962-8415, susan_houston@unc.edu