Ann Wallace Distinguished Achievement Awards
(Academic Staff)

The School’s academic staff employees make essential contributions the School of Education. These professionals teach classes, support instruction, conduct research, participate in the School’s outreach and service missions, and help administer programs and units.

In order to recognize the many significant contributions made by its academic staff, the School of Education presents two awards to academic staff members every year. Made possible by a generous gift from Ann Wallace, each recipient receives a $1,000 cash award.

Eligibility: Any academic staff employee of the School of Education who has made an exemplary contribution to the operation of the School, department, center, program, or other unit within the School is eligible. Nominees may be from any area, e.g., teaching, research, administration, advising, or public service. Nominees must have had at least a half-time appointment in the School for three years.

Criteria:

• Originality of the contributions within and, where applicable, outside the unit
• Impact on the mission of the unit
• Outstanding performance in comparison with others in the unit, on campus, and/or in the profession (nominees who teach should be compared with others offering instruction in the unit)

Nomination Procedures: The nomination packet* should include the following items:

• Letter of nomination
• Résumé containing highlights of the nominee’s career
• One letter of support that meets these criteria:

   

  1) The letter should make clear to someone outside the nominee’s unit why the work is outstanding.
  
  2) Neither the Dean nor any member of the review committee may nominate or write letters of support.

  3) The most effective letters of support will come from persons familiar with the nominee’s work and will contain a detailed analysis of why the person’s work advances the unit's mission and merits recognition.

  *Nominations remain active for two years beyond the year of submission.

Submission: Submit nomination packets Ashley Voss, no later than Monday, February 27, 2012. Nominations may be submitted electronically to avoss@wisc.edu or in person/by mail to the External Relations Office, 181 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706.

For more information, contact Ashley at 265-7875 or avoss@wisc.edu.

Review & Selection: The packets will be reviewed by a committee chosen by Dean Underwood. Recipients will be informed in early March and will be recognized at the school-wide awards ceremony on April 11, 2012 in the Wisconsin Idea Room (159 Education Building).