Friday is deadline for Gee nominees, Women’s Symposium workshop proposals

Award nominations for the 2011 Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award are due this Friday, Dec. 16.  The award, named for a faculty member in the Health Sciences Center School of Nursing and the late wife of former CU President Gordon Gee, recognizes and honors an outstanding faculty member of the University of Colorado for efforts to advance women in academia, interdisciplinary scholarly contributions and distinguished teaching. It carries with it a $1,000 prize, and the recipient will be asked to present his or her scholarly work at the CU Women Succeeding Annual Professional Development Symposium on Feb. 24, 2012.  Nomination information and past winners may be found online at: http://www.cu.edu/facultycouncil/awards/elizabeth-gee.html

Workshop proposals for the CU Women Succeeding 10th Annual Professional Development Symposium: “Building Community” are due this Friday, Dec. 16. This free event will take place Feb. 23-24, 2012, at the University of Colorado Boulder campus. For more information about submitting a proposal, please visit: http://www.cu.edu/facultycouncil/women/symposium/workshops.html

Award nominations of students, faculty, staff, departments or units are currently being accepted for the annual CU-Boulder Chancellor’s Committee on Women award.

This award recognizes individuals or groups from any of the four campuses who advocate for women or continually work to improve the climate for women at CU. Nomination information and past winners may be found at: http://www.colorado.edu/diversity/ccw/awardspage.html

To register for the Faculty Council Women's Symposium, visit the website at: http://www.cu.edu/facultycouncil/women/symposium/index.html

Questions: Melinda.Piket-May@colorado.edu