Award of Distinction

Eligibility

The competition is open to groups and/or individuals in Alberta, Canada and other countries including University of Alberta alumni. Non-alumni of the University of Alberta are also encouraged to apply.

Members of the University academic and support staff are eligible; however, work carried out under the terms of one’s employment will not be considered.

Members of the Board of Governors, the Senate, the Alumni Council and the University administration cannot be nominated for the award until one year after their term expires.

Posthumous nominations may be considered.

Criteria

The Nominee must,

Through volunteer service that is above and beyond the requirements of one’s employment and which involves an outstanding contribution of personal time and effort for the benefit of others:

• promote goodwill between the University and the community, and


• create positive awareness of the University within the community by bringing honour to, or enhancing the reputation of, the University, and


• further the aims of the University with integrity in creating partnerships (social, cultural, economic).

Awards

As many as three (3) awards, consisting of a framed certificate, may be presented in a given year.
No award may be given if there is not a suitable nomination.

An award may be given in each the following categories:

• Community Members
• Faculty (including retired Faculty members)
• Non-Academic Support Staff (including retired Non-Academic Support Staff members)

The Chair of the Board shall present the award(s) at the Board of Governors’ Annual General Meeting or some other prestigious event. Each year the recipient(s) will have their name(s) added to a permanent Roll of Honour which will be maintained in an appropriate place on campus. Information on the recipient(s) will be submitted on an annual basis to Folio, the Edmonton Journal, the Edmonton Sun and other media.

Nominees not chosen for the award in a given year could be considered if renominated in a subsequent year.

Please visit the Previous Award Winners page for descriptions of previous award winners and their achievements.

Nomination Process

Deadline: Nominations may be submitted throughout the year, but in order to be eligible for the current year, nominations must be received by 9 May of that year.

Each nomination must be submitted on an official Board of Governors’ Award of Distinction nomination form (available from the Board of Governors’ office and the Board of Governors’ Award of Distinction web-site) and signed by two nominators. The nomination must include:

• A completed nomination form
• Two letters of reference
• A one-page biographical summary about the Nominee including the following:
  
  1. Volunteer service to the community,
     
  2. Contributions to the University of Alberta,
     
  3. Professional achievements
• Any appropriate supporting materials (newspaper clippings, etc.)

Anyone, including students, staff, alumni or members of the public who have worked in a volunteer capacity with the nominee, may make a nomination. The call for nominations will be advertised in appropriate media.

Disposition of nomination forms & supporting documentation

Nomination forms and supporting documents for those nominees not chosen for the award may be destroyed one year after the award presentation at the Annual General Meeting.

Nomination deadline: May 9, 2003

The nomination form (Adobe PDF format) can be downloaded and printed from here

To obtain more information, or to obtain a nomination form, please email Wendy Chrapko at: wendy.chrapko@ualberta.ca

OR

Contact the Board of Governors at:
3-31 University Hall
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2J9
Phone: 780-492-4951
Fax: 780-492-2726