Nominate a CLAS colleague for a staff award

Nominations are due by April 17. Several awards include a $500 stipend.
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Nominations are now being accepted for three important staff recognition awards. A ribbon

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to submit nominations for the first-ever CLAS Staff DEI Award, CLAS Leadership Award, and Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award. 

Honorees for the DEI and Leadership awards will each receive a $500 stipend. All award recipients will be recognized during the Staff Award Ceremony and Celebration on June 15, 2023, at the Iowa Memorial Union. 

Nominations are due by April 17, 2023. Please submit all documentation with the application. 

Nominate a CLAS staff member 

CLAS Staff DEI Award

This award recognizes staff whose work in the college or community has advanced the mission of diversity, equity, and inclusion. All CLAS staff—professional and scientific, merit, full-time, and part-time employees—are eligible for the award. For questions, email clas-dei@uiowa.edu. 

CLAS Leadership Award 

This award recognizes staff in the college who exhibited exceptional leadership qualities and positively impacted individuals, departments, or the college. All permanent full-time and part-time (50% or more) professional and scientific, merit exempt, and merit staff employed in the college are eligible for this award. For questions, email sylvia-gomez@uiowa.edu. 

This award recognizes staff who performed exceptional service or contributed ideas that improved the work of the department or the college. All permanent full-time and part-time (50% or more) professional and scientific, merit exempt, and merit staff employed in the college are eligible for this award. For questions, email sylvia-gomez@uiowa.edu. 

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Nominations will be evaluated with respect to the award criteria by members of the CLAS staff recognition committee and the dean. More than one award in each category may be distributed by the committee each year.

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The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.