The University of Oregon Senate is encouraging nominations for three upcoming awards, with all submissions due today (Feb. 28).
The three awards are the Senate Classified Staff Leadership Award, the Senate Leadership and Service award for Officers of Administration, and the Wayne T. Westling Award for University Leadership and Service.
The Senate Classified Staff Leadership Award will be given to a classified employee who consistently demonstrates leadership and who is a change agent – understanding the necessity of constant improvement. The nomination process requires a minimum of one written paragraph describing why the nominee is deserving of recognition in one or more of the following categories: personal and professional development, respectful work environment and diversity.
The Senate Leadership and Service Award for Officers of Administration was established in 2011 for officers of administration who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service. The OA Award Committee will evaluate nominations based exemplary service over a period of years to the UO through participation in committees, advisory bodies or elected positions, as well as leadership and commitment to the principles of shared governance, participatory decision making and fostering a campus climate of inclusiveness, respect, and professional excellence.
Faculty or staff members with outstanding and long-term leadership and service will be considered for the Wayne T. Westling Award for University Leadership and Service. The award is named in honor of Wayne T. Westling, a law professor at the University of Oregon from 1979-2001; he was well known for his commitment to faculty governance at UO.
The Westling award recognizes faculty or staff members who have provided exemplary service over a period of years to the university through participation in UO committees, advisory boards or faculty elective positions, and who have inspired leadership and commitment to the principles of shared governance, participatory decision-making, and fostering a campus climate of inclusiveness and respect.
More information about the Wayne T. Westling award can be found here, along with a list of past winners.
Nominations for all three awards may be submitted via email to Lisa Mick Shimizu, Senate Execute Coordinator, at lisa@uoregon.edu or to the President’s Office, 3 Johnson Hall.
- by Sarah MacKenzie, UO Office of Strategic Communications intern