Nominate a CLAS colleague for a staff award

Nominations are due by April 15.
Monday, March 18, 2024

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

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

Honorees for Leadership award will receive a $500 stipend. 

Nominations are due by April 15, 2023. Please submit all documentation with the application. 

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.

 

Nominate a CLAS staff member 

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 roseanne-versteegh@uiowa.edu. 

Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award

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 roseanne-versteegh@uiowa.edu. 

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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.