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Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership
Outstanding Achievement Award

 

Eligibility

 

Nominees should be women working at an institution of higher education (UW, private, or technical) or in the public/private sector who have made significant contributions to higher education.  Nominees may include women who work in any job classification (i.e., support staff, non-tenured instructor and/or researcher, faculty, administrator).

 

 

Award Criteria (one or more of the following):

 

  • Single event that changed the working environment, leadership opportunities and/or advancement and/or inclusion of women in higher education.
     
  •  Statewide initiative that has had an impact on the status of women.
     
  • Lifetime career that supports an improved climate and/or opportunities for women at institutions of higher education in Wisconsin.

 

Nomination Process:

 

  • Nominators should provide a brief (two-page maximum) narrative outlining the nominee’s accomplishments.

 

  • Nominators should arrange for two letters of support from colleagues who were/are directly affected by the nominee’s contributions.

 

Deadline for receipt of completed nomination package is June 1 of the year of nomination.  Nomination materials should be sent to the WWHEL state president (currently Rita Cheng, Provost/Vice Chancellor, UW-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, 414-229-4501, rcheng@uwm.edu).

 

The selection will be made by the WWHEL Board of Directors and publicly announced at the recognition dinner at the fall WWHEL Conference.

 
 

2009 State Conference

October 22-23, 2009

UW-Stevens Point

 

Women as Transformational Leaders: Gender and Clear-Headed Leadership in Higher Education

 

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