Nominations are being sought for the David A. Strand Diversity Achievement Award, Administrative/Professional and Civil Service Distinguished Service Awards, Administrative Professional Emerging Leader Award, Team Excellence Award, and the Environmental Stewardship Award. The deadline for all nominations is Friday, November 22 at 4:30 p.m.
Award winners will be recognized at The Founding on February 20, 2025.
Nominations are open for:
Administrative/Professional Emerging Leader Award
Recognizes an employee whose professional performance has shown tremendous promise for and commitment to the University
Administrative/Professional Distinguished Service Awards
Recognize Administrative/Professional employees who demonstrate outstanding contributions to the work of the University
Civil Service Distinguished Service Awards
Recognize Civil Service employees who demonstrate outstanding contributions to the work of the University
David A. Strand Diversity Achievement Award
Recognizes a current faculty or staff member who is instrumental in extraordinary curricular or program activities that assist the University in responding to its commitment to diversity
Environmental Stewardship Award
Recognizes individuals, campus groups, or departments that are helping further the University’s sustainability mission
Team Excellence Award
Recognizes a group demonstrating exemplary teamwork
For more information, please contact:
• Melissa Ramirez-Osorio (A/P awards), mramir12@IllinoisState.edu, (309) 438-0797
• Matt Wing (Civil Service awards), mjwing@IllinoisState.edu, (309) 438-2667
• Sue Randle (Strand Diversity Achievement Award), serandl@IllinoisState.edu, (309) 438-3383
• Elisabeth Reed (Environmental Stewardship Award), ereed2@IllinoisState.edu, (309) 438-4425
• Erin Watts (Team Excellence Award), emwatts@IllinoisState.edu, (309) 438-8149
