The awardee must attend the Awards Ceremony and related activities on
October 10, 2008.
Be sure to keep a copy of all materials submitted for your future reference. Submit only the original packet material, there is no need to provide multiple copies of the nomination packet.
A complete nomination packet will include the respective form plus:
A letter from the nominator.
No more than 5 additional letters supporting the nomination. (If more than five letters are received, the first five will be placed in the nomination folder.)
A detailed vita/résumé listing awards, accomplishments, education, etc.
A one-page summary of the vita/résumé including outstanding contributions and facts that you want the Selection Committee to be sure to know.
Please do not place nomination papers in a binder.
Eligibility
MU faculty with at least an active 1/2 time appointment on date of the awards ceremony are eligible to receive the award.
MU alumni who are graduates or former students (completed a minimum of 12 semester hours) are eligible to receive the award.
The following categories of people are not eligible to receive the Faculty-Alumni Award, the Distinguished Service Award or the Distinguished Faculty Award:
- Members of University of Missouri Board of Curators
- Members of the International Alumni Association Board of Directors
- Members of the Faculty-Alumni Awards Committee
- Elected or appointed State of Missouri or federal officials who, by virtue of their position, have the capability of directly or indirectly influencing funding for the University of Missouri.
Note: Nominees for the Distinguished Awards are required to be past recipients of the Faculty-Alumni Award prior to being nominated for this additional honor. (See the Past Faculty-Alumni Awards Recipients list that is included with this packet.)
Please check with your nominee to be sure they are available on the date of the banquet. In case the nomination is a surprise, it is advisable to check with a spouse, and/or an assistant to be sure there are no conflicts with the date. The 2008 Faculty-Alumni Awards Banquet will be Friday, October 10, 2008.
The nominator will be asked to act as host for the recipient for all events on the day of the ceremony. If your nominee is selected as a recipient, the original letters from the nomination packet will be presented to the recipient on the day of the event as a memento of the occasion. Please be sure to advise the support letter writers of this.
Support letters must address the specific award that the candidate is nominated for. Please be sure all support letter writers include their address on their letters. All support letter writers will be invited to the Faculty-Alumni Awards Banquet if their nominee is chosen as a recipient.
When the recipients have been selected, they will be notified by phone. Nominators will be called once all recipients have been notified.
Nominations submitted, but not selected, are kept on file to be considered for a total of three years.
NOTE: Nomination forms are in .pdf format. Please
download and print before filling them out. There are two parts to each nomination
form, please be sure to fill out both parts completely.
