Wang nominations

Just a reminder, the deadline to submit nominations for the Wang Family Excellence Award is Thursday, Dec. 18.

This CSU system-wide award was established in 1998 by the Board of Trustees, Trustee Stanley T. Wang and Chancellor Charles Reed. Trustee Wang's pledge of a $1 million gift to the California State University is awarded in the amount of $100,000 each year over 10 years.

Each year, four faculty members system-wide will be honored and will receive $20,000. The purpose of the award is to recognize and celebrate CSU faculty who, through extraordinary commitment and dedication, have distinguished themselves by exemplary contributions and achievements in their academic disciplines, and are having a discernable effect on students.

Edward EmanuEl, Fresno State professor in theatre arts, was a 2000-01 awardee for the Visual and Performing Arts and Letters category.

The Wang nominee should be regarded as a "superstar" on the campus, an individual who is making multi-faceted contributions to the learning community; for example, involving students in their research, arranging and supervising student internships, involvement in community service, recruiting students, and publishing. A successful nominee should go well beyond what is expected for their job responsibilities and performance.

Faculty members nominated for the award must have participated successfully in a campus peer-academic administrative review process; e.g., reappointment, tenure, and promotion, or faculty merit award for teaching, research, or scholarship or grant process and the like occurring no earlier than the 2001-02 academic year.

Categories for nominataion are: (a) Visual and Performing Arts and Letters, (b) Natural Sciences, Mathematical and Computer Sciences, and Engineering, (c) Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Public Services, (d) Education, Professional and Applied Sciences Field.

Wang Family Excellence Award candidate nominations should contain no more than a two- page letter describing the faculty member's or administrator's accomplishments and a current resume or curriculum vitae (no more than three pages).

Submit nominations to the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, M/S TA 54.