(last updated: 6/02/08)
Honors and Awards, University Committee on
Contact: Lanyce Keel (Assistant Planning Director, Distance Education)
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POSITION |
MEMBERS |
FACULTY TERMS: |
| Faculty (3): | Iulia Podariu | 08/01/07 - 07/31/10, R2867d (FS) |
| Saundra Wetig | 08/01/08 - 07/31/11, R2919d (FS) | |
| Sue Maher | 08/01/06 - 07/31/09, R2829d (FS) | |
| Administration (2): | BJ Reed | 08/01/01 - 07/31/05 (CH) |
| Lanyce Keel (Chair - Staff) | 08/01/02 - 07/31/05 (CH) | |
| Students (2): | TBA | 09/00/00 - 07/31/01 (CH) |
| TBA | 09/00/00 - 07/31/01 (SS) | |
| Community-At-Large (2): | Martha Bruckner | UNO Alum (CH) |
| TBA | UNO Alum (CH) | |
| Ex-officio (1): | Rosalie Saltzman | Coordinator, Honors Program |
Governance:
Purpose: Be responsible for reviewing and recommending policies and procedures related to the establishment and conferral of special honors and awards which recognize faculty, staff, students, and community individuals through honorary degrees, citations, and other awards. Committee shall report its deliberations to the Chancellor; with respect to ceremonial occasions, the Committee shall advise the Vice Chancellor for Student Services and Enrollment Management.
Membership: Nine members, of which three shall be faculty are selected by the Faculty Senate, two students (one selected by the Student Senate, one selected by the Chancellor), two administrators (selected by the Chancellor), and two members of the community-at-large (selected by the Chancellor), one of whom shall be an alumnus.
Resolutions:
Resolution 2919, 5/14/2008: University Committees
d. Honors and Awards, University Committee on
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/08, through 07/31/11, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Saundra Wetig, (to replace James Akers).
Resolution 2867, 5/09/2007: University Committees
d. Honors and Awards, University Committee on
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/07, through 07/31/10, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Iulia Podariu, (to replace Lisa Boucher).
Resolution 2829, 5/10/06: University-wide Committees
d. Honors and Awards, University Committee on
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/06, through 07/31/09, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Sue Maher, (to replace Kenneth Kriz).
Resolution 2777, 5/11/2005: University-wide Committees
a. University Committee on Honors and Awards
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/05, through 07/31/08, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Jim Akers, (to replace Jeanette Seaberry).
Resolution 2734, 05/05/04: University-wide Committees
E. University Committee on Honors and Awards
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/04, through 07/31/07, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Lisa Boucher, (to replace Bruce Johansen).
Resolution 2687, 07/02/2003
G. University Committee on Honors and Awards:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/03, through 07/31/06, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:Kenneth Kriz, (to replace Wally Bacon).
Resolution 2633, 05/08/02: Committee on Rules
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three year appointment from 08/01/02, through 07/31/05, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Jeanette Seaberry (reappointed)
Resolution 2533, 02/14/01: Committee on Rules
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following names go forward as three year appointments from 02/14/01, through 07/31/04, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Bruce Johansen (reappointed)
Resolution 2509, 10/11/00: Committee on Rules
BE IT RESOLVED, that Dr. Wally Bacon's term on the University Committee on Honors and Awards be extended from a one-year appointment designated by Resolution 2467 (08/01/00-07/31/01) to a full three-year appointment (08/01/00-07/31/03) in order to stagger the terms of the three faculty members from this point forward.
Resolution 2467, 05/10/00: Committee on Rules
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following names go forward as three-year appointments from 08/01/00, through 07/31/03, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards:
Wally Bacon, one-year term (to replace Thomas Lorsbach)
Jeannette Seaberry. two-year term (to replace Owen Mordaunt)
(Terms Staggered: Terms altered so all faculty aren't replaced in same year.)
Notification to Chancellor via Interdepartmental Memo:
To:____Chancellor Belck
From:__Shelton Hendricks
Date:__ May 6, 1999
Re:____Honorary Doctorate Candidates
C:____ Lanyce Keel, Richard Stacy
At the May 5th, meeting of the faculty senate's Executive Committee and Cabinet, unanimous support was given for the three candidates recommended by the Faculty Honor's Committee for honorary doctorates.
Per Richard Stacy's instruction, all materials provided by the committee are being forwarded to your office with this memo.
Faculty Senate Minutes, Wednesday, May 12, 1999
Executive Committee Report:
Honorary Doctorate: On behalf of the Executive Committee, Senator Bruckner reported three candidates were reviewed and approved for UNOmaha honorary doctorates by Executive Committee and Cabinet on May 5th.
Faculty Senate Executive Committee and Cabinet Minutes, May 5, 1999
New Business:
Honorary Doctorate: The three candidates were reviewed and approved for UNOmaha honorary doctorates by Executive Committee and Cabinet.
Resolution 2324 06/10/98: Committee on Rules
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following name go forward as a three-year appointment from July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2001, to the University Committee on Honors and Awards to replace Richard Stacy:
Michelle Miller
Resolution 2294 03/11/98: Committee on Goals and Directions
WHEREAS, a system-wide Policy for Honorary Degrees has come to light but this policy allows for wide discretion, and
WHEREAS, this policy indicates that each campus shall establish procedures for obtaining faculty approval and intimates that such procedures shall involve seeking the approval of the faculty senate, and,
WHEREAS, evaluation by stated criteria and with faculty evaluation of nominees is the standard practice at other academic institutions; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following criteria be used in evaluating nominees and awarding degrees:
(a) The nominee should have contributed beneficially and substantially to society at large through outstanding intellectual, creative, or humanitarian accomplishments, and/or
(b) The nominee, as a representative of Nebraska, should have made beneficial and substantial creative, intellectual or humanitarian contributions to society at large.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all nominations for honorary degrees to be recommended by UNO be evaluated by the University Committee on Honors and Awards, that the committee actively solicit input from faculty with relevant expertise, and that the names of nominees be submitted for approval to the faculty senate which will consider this matter in executive session and return confidential recommendations to the University Committee on Honors and Awards, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the honorary degrees awarded by UNO be presented only at scheduled commencements.