Award Nominations Sought

Nominations are now open for three prestigious awards open to NC State faculty.

For the O. Max Gardner Award, given annually since 1949 to a deserving faculty member from one of the 17 UNC campuses, nominations are made by the institution chancellors and selected by the UNC Board of Governors. Nominations are open through Nov. 4.

Former North Carolina Governor and NC State graduate Oliver Max Gardner’s will provides that the “Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina” (now the UNC Board of Governors) shall pay annually the net income from a trust fund to “that member of the faculty of the… University of North Carolina, who, during the current scholastic year, has made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race.” Typically, those chosen in the past have been persons who made notable contributions of national or international scale or persons whose contributions, although local, served as models nationally or internationally.

Nominations for the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching will end Nov. 11.

The most prestigious award given to faculty for teaching excellence, it was established in 1993 to underscore the importance of teaching and to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support good teaching within the university.

Nominations for the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence will end on Dec. 2.

The Holladay Medal for Excellence, established by the NC State Board of Trustees in 1992 and named on behalf of NC State’s first president, recognizes and rewards faculty achievement in research, teaching or extension and engagement. It is NC State’s highest award in recognition of the achievements and contributions of a faculty career at this university.Nomination materials should be sent as PDF files to the University Awards and Events Coordinator, Judy Austin at jcaustin@ncsu.edu.

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