Good afternoon The nomination period is now open for the 2018 UTSA President's Distinguished Diversity Awards. Faculty, staff and students (individuals and groups) are eligible to be nominated for this award. President's Distinguished Diversity Award recipients will be recognized at the University Excellence Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2018. For this particular award, the department or college does not vet nominations. Complete nomination packets are submitted electronically to diversityawards@utsa.edu<mailto:diversityawards@utsa.edu> by Friday, January 30, 2018. Requests for additional information should be directed to the Office of Academic and Faculty Support at 458-2700 or diversityawards@utsa.edu<mailto:diversityawards@utsa.edu>. For additional information, please see the email below. Thank you, Laura Earleywine Administrative Service Officer II COEHD - Office of the Dean The University of Texas at San Antonio MB 3.304 (210) 458-5200 (210) 458-4487 Fax laura.earleywine(a)utsa.edu From: Sarah Soulek Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 9:14 AM Subject: 2018 President's Distinguished Diversity Award Nominations Good morning, The President's Distinguished Diversity Awards are annual awards that bestow the highest level of recognition to individuals or groups for work that helps the UTSA community think about and practice diversity and inclusion in creative and collaborative ways. The nomination period is now open for the 2018 UTSA President's Distinguished Diversity Awards. Faculty, staff and students (individuals and groups) are eligible to be nominated for this award. President's Distinguished Diversity Award recipients will be recognized at the University Excellence Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2018. Two faculty/staff awards of up to $1,000 will be given; one to an individual and one to a group. Two student awards of up to $500 will be given; one to an individual and one to a group. These awards especially seek to recognize efforts to engage the UTSA community in cross-cultural activities to demonstrably extend their knowledge of communities different from their own and/or to enhance their multicultural competence for working with diverse communities at UTSA, San Antonio, Texas, and beyond. In this sense, we envision the awards to not simply reflect and encourage service to our diverse community, although doing so is sufficient for nomination. Ideally, the awards will also advance UTSA's academic mission to produce multiculturally experienced community members who then become the country's multiculturally skilled and inclusive professionals and leaders. For this particular award, the department or college does not vet nominations. As such, we are simply asking for your support in sharing this information with the faculty in your colleges. Complete nomination packets must be submitted electronically to diversityawards@utsa.edu<mailto:diversityawards@utsa.edu> by Friday, January 30, 2018. Requests for additional information should be directed to the Office of Academic and Faculty Support at 458-2700 or diversityawards@utsa.edu<mailto:diversityawards@utsa.edu>. Thank you for sharing this information widely amongst your faculty.