Due: Friday, April 17, 2009

TO: Academic Staff, Deans and Department Chairs
FROM: Les Hollingsworth - Chair
Academic Staff Senate
RE: 2009 UW – Platteville Academic Staff Award for Excellence
  Attached are the guidelines, application cover page and letter of support form for the 2009 UW – Platteville Academic Staff Award for Excellence. This award recognizes an individual academic staff member who has made distinguished contributions to the mission of the university.
  Instructional and non-instructional academic staff members that hold appointments of 0.50 FTE or more and have a minimum of three years of continuous employment at UWP are eligible to be nominated or apply.
Individuals holding faculty status, a faculty title or a classified title are not eligible for this award.
  Nominations may come from a college, department or division. In addition, instructional and non-instructional academic staff, administrators and faculty may nominate individuals. Self nominations are also welcome.
  The recipient of this award will receive a $1,000 honorarium and a plaque. They will be presented at the Chancellor’s Convocation in the fall.
  An original plus five copies of the nomination materials should be submitted to Donna Gavin, 222 Ullrich, by the deadline.
  Should you have additional questions concerning this award, please contact Donna Gavin.