Liberal Arts Staff Champion of Inclusion Award - Nominate by April 14

Award Description:

The College of Liberal Arts Staff Champion of Inclusion Award is designed to recognize the efforts of staff who strive to create and maintain an inclusive environment for the college’s faculty, staff, and/or students and wider Austin community. Champions of Inclusion go above and beyond their assigned job duties to support diversity and inclusion within CoLA, UT and/or the city of Austin. Two staff members will receive the Champion of Inclusion Award and be awarded $1,500 each. Self-nominations are accepted. To nominate a staff member, please click here.

Eligibility:

Nominees must meet the following eligibility requirements:
Classified or Administrative & Professional staff within the College of Liberal Arts.
Must work at least 20 hours per week.
Must be in current role for at least one year.
Cannot have any documented performance issues, including any performance improvement plans since the last performance review cycle.

Nomination Guidelines:

Nominees must meet one or more of the following criteria:
Develops and/or maintains innovative programming that supports diverse students, staff, faculty or the wider Austin community.
Recognized for innovation in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives or programming.
Advocates for inclusive policies, procedures and/or programming at the unit/department, college, or university level.
Builds an inclusive climate that supports cross-cultural collaboration and understanding.
Demonstrated impact on improving the recruitment and/or retention of diverse faculty, staff or students.

Nominations are open Wednesday, March 31, 2021 to Wednesday, April 14, 2021. A selection committee will evaluate all eligible nominees. Winners will not be selected by the number of nominations, but by the content of the nominations.