Nominations Sought for Faculty Service-Learning Award

Each year, the Service-Learning Academy recognizes one UNO Faculty member who exemplifies the effective practice of service-learning in his or her work. This year this recognition will come with an honorarium of $500. To be nominated, a faculty member must . . .

• Have demonstrated the ability to develop and teach an effective service-learning course.
• Have been supportive of service-learning at UNO (i.e. through attendance at faculty/student presentations, Teaching Circles, and mentoring faculty/students, etc.)
• Have demonstrated the capability of developing reciprocal, collaborative relations with community partners and have a thorough understanding and appreciation of community agency issues (i.e. professionalism and cultural competency).
• Hold a full- or part-time teaching appointment with UNO.

The award will be presented at the Faculty Honors Convocation, Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 a.m. in the MBSC Ballroom.

Nominations must be in to the Service-Learning Academy no later than January 26, 2007. Click here to download a nomination form or for more information, contact Carlynn Hartman-Kurtz at 554-2712 or chartmankurtz@mail.unomaha.edu.

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