Chancellor's Awards for Excellence accepting nominations through April 29

The Chancellor's Awards for Excellence program is accepting nominations for the 2022 awards now through April 29. These awards recognize UAA employees for extraordinary work and dedication to our students and university community. Deadline for nominations is Friday, April 29, 2022.

Please nominate faculty or staff who have made a positive impact on your experience at UAA. The nomination process is simple and easily completed in 15-20 minutes. For most categories, nominators only need to provide basic nominee information and a short answer (250 words or fewer) as to how the candidate meets the criteria.

This year's program accepts nominations in five categories. Awards in each category are open to individuals from the Anchorage campus, and an award in each category will come from the community campuses. In all, there will be 12 awards. Awardees will receive $250.00. If there are no eligible nominations for a category then no award will be made for that category. Award categories align with UAA's aspirations as outlined in the UAA 2025 Strategic Plan:

• We Put Students First: The Students-First Award
  
  • Demonstrates exceptional commitment to advancing a culture of institutional excellence that inspires and enables student achievement and success.
• We Create a Culture of Equity and Inclusion by Embracing Our Diversity: Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Outstanding contribution to the advancement of diversity of UAA students, staff and faculty through increasing the visibility and representation of diverse voices, creating an atmosphere of inclusiveness and community.
• We Advance Innovation: The Research and Creative Activity Award
  • Outstanding contribution to the growth in research, creative activity and commercialization at UAA with impacts that benefit our state and communities.
• We Accelerate Excellence Through Continuous Improvement: The Administrative Excellence Award
  • Exercises leadership, initiative and outstanding teamwork capabilities that create a positive atmosphere, and consistently performs at a level above normal job requirements to advance a culture of institutional excellence that inspires and enables student, faculty and staff success.
• We Positively Impact Communities and the World Through Innovation: The Chancellor’s Choice Award
  • Award for achievement and/or innovation (best idea) in a category/theme of the Chancellor's choice. The theme for 2022 is opportunity creation.

Submit your nominations by Friday, April 29, 2022.

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