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Nomination Guidelines for the Annual Julia Beveridge Award

After reviewing the eligibility and nomination procedure below, please  proceed to nomination form.

Eligibility and Nomination Procedure 

Eligibility is limited to the women of IIT who serve as faculty, staff, trustees, alumnae, and friends of the University who fit any number of criteria listed below:

• has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the university. This may be represented in many ways: commitment to elevating the status of her unit, continuously assisting other women on campus or the community at large; promoting and advancing the recruitment, retention, and upward mobility of women; participating and assisting in the establishment of career or academic mentoring for young women; or serving as an exceptional role model.
• has made significant contributions to her profession through the dissemination of knowledge, research, teaching, and public presentations.

For a list of previous award winners, please see Past Recipients

Nomination Procedure

The nomination package should include:

1. A completed nomination application, which can be found here 
2. A letter of nomination, which is no shorter than a paragraph and no longer than two pages, completed online, that addresses:
3. • the exceptional contributions of the candidate to the University community, profession, and society at large.
   • highlights of the nominee's achievements in mentoring, creative/artistic, social activity, research, or scholarly, and if applicable, national and international reputation, distinguished role in education and mentoring with emphasis on highlighting impact on future generations of women.
4. The nominator must notify the nominee of their intent to nominate. 

Individuals who do not receive an award in a given year are eligible for re-nomination; however, a new nomination package must be submitted. Nomination files are not retained for reconsideration in future years.

Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Please note that a nomination application and letter are both required for consideration. Additionally, for a successful nomination, letters should be no shorter than a paragraph to allow the committee the ability to fully understand why the nominee should be selected for the award.  For questions, please contact the committee chair.

 Review and Selection Criteria

A committee composed of distinguished women faculty, staff, students, and past award recipients from across the University will review the nominations and select winners from five categories: Faculty, Staff, Alumnae, Students’ Choice, and Friend of IIT. The criteria for selection are the following:

1. contributions to the University, profession, and the wider community.
2. quality of the nominee's achievements, with emphasis on originality, imagination, and innovation, as well as local, national, and international distinction and reputation

Deadline and Notification

All nominees will be notified of their nomination by e-mail. The nominations must be received by 3 pm on January 25, 2011, via the online nomination system. Submissions will not be accepted after this time.

Nomination Form