DEADLINE:  Friday, February 26, 2021 

An annual award within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the CLAS Outstanding Staff Award recognizes a single staff member who demonstrates outstanding leadership, ability, initiative and/or achievement.  These contributions must provide a significant benefit specifically for CLAS at the downtown Denver campus.  The recipient will receive a $500 cash award, presented by the Dean and the nominating employee(s) at the Dean’s Reception this spring. 

Eligibility 

The competition is open to all permanent classified, exempt professional, PRA, Sr. PRA and Research Associate staff members currently employed by CLAS, both part-time and full-time.  The individual must have been employed as a permanent staff member within the college for at least 12 consecutive months.  Employees may not win the award in two consecutive years.  

Nomination Process 

Eligible employees must be nominated using the attached CLAS Outstanding Staff Nomination form. Nominations must be submitted electronically to anquanette.murray-cawthorn@ucdenver.edu.  

The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 26, 2021.

CLAS is currently soliciting nominations for Spring 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Awards. Departments may submit one individual to each of two categories: Masters and Ph.D. To be eligible for these awards, a student must be currently enrolled in an Integrative Biology graduate program. Nominees must be eligible to graduate at the end of the semester in which they are nominated.

Initial nominations are solicited from IB faculty. Initial nominations only require minimum supporting documentation (i.e., bulleted list of accomplishments, CV, unofficial transcripts). Initial nominations are due electronically to Annika Mosier by 5 p.m. on Jan 29th.  

Initial nominations will be reviewed by the Awards, Scholarship and Outreach (ASO) Committee for selection of the final departmental nominees (by consensus). The ASO Committee will notify the final departmental nominees and request their final packets (see requirements below). The final packets are due electronically to Annika Mosier by 5 p.m. on Feb 10th.  The ASO committee will then add a departmental letter of nomination and submit the final application packets to CLAS. CLAS then selects final awardees.

For the final departmental nominees, final packets must include:

Nominating letter from the department (co-authored by the ASO Chair and the IB Department Chair)

Supporting letter from an IB faculty member that clearly spells out why this student stands out above the norm (e.g., publications, grants, exceptional teaching, service to community or profession). Additional supporting letters from faculty may be included (optional).

Statement by the student detailing their accomplishments and plans for the future

Transcript

Current CV

FCQs for teaching (if applicable)

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Jan 29       CLAS Outstanding  MS & PhD Student nominations due to Annika Mosier

Jan 29      Seminar - Jane Stewart, Colorado State University

Feb 5        Seminar - Rachel Jabaily, Colorado College

Feb 10      FINAL CLAS Outstanding MS & PhD nominations due to Annika Mosier

Feb 12      Seminar - Jonathan Velotta, Denver University

Feb 19      Seminar - Adriana Romero-Olivares, New Mexico State University

Feb 26       Deadline for CLAS Outstanding Staff Nominations

Feb 26      Seminar - Jeremy Yoder, California State University, Northbridge

Mar 3        Seminar - Mercedes Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Mar 12      Seminar - Joanna Lambert, University of Colorado, Boulder

Mar 19      Seminar - Karen Kapheim, Utah State University

Mar 26      Seminar - Onja Razafindratsima, University of California, Berkley

Apr 2         Seminar - Jeffrey Good, University of Montana

Apr 9         Seminar - Karen Bailey, University of Colorado, Boulder

Apr 16       Seminar -  Mairin Balisi, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

Apr 23       SPRING BREAK - NO SEMINAR

Apr 30       Seminar - Kiyoko Gotanda, Université Sherbrooke

May 7        Seminar - Nathan Upham, Arizona State University