Each year, outstanding CALS faculty and staff can be nominated for a number of awards that are presented at our annual college program. We are sending you this message as students may nominate faculty and staff for several of these awards and are eligible themselves for the CALS Equity and Diversity Award.

Please see the below links to download information about the 2020 CALS faculty, academic staff and university staff awards. The nomination deadline for all awards is Friday, February 14, 2020. The CALS Awards ceremony will take place in the Ebling Auditorium of the Microbial Sciences Building on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 3 p.m.

This will be the first year the Louise Hemstead Leadership Award is open to faculty or academic staff. The award was established by Organic Valley in honor of the late Louise Hemstead, Meat and Animal Science BS’82, who served as the chief operating officer for Organic Valley for nearly 25 years.

Awards for faculty:

• Pound Extension Award
• Pound Research Award
• Robert G.F. and Hazel Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence

Awards for either faculty or academic staff:

• Arthur J. and Ellen A. Maurer Extra Mile Award (Note: Candidates for this award must be nominated by a student)
• S. Donald Short Course Teaching Award
• Louise Hemstead Leadership Award
• Spitzer Excellence in Teaching Award
• WALSAA Outstanding Advisor Award

Awards for faculty, academic or university staff, or students:

• CALS Equity and Diversity Award

Awards for academic staff:

• Academic Staff Excellence Awards
• Excellence in International Activities Award

Awards for university staff:

• University Staff Recognition Awards

Previous winners of CALS Awards can be found here.

Remember, nominations are due Friday, February 14, 2020. If you have general questions, please contact Therese McHenry at therese.mchenry@wisc.edu, but for award-specific questions, please see the call for nominations for each award’s contact person.

 

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