Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Speaker Series

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Faculty Senate Speaker Series is canceled for Spring 2021.

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Call for Nominations for Spring 2022 will be sent in Fall 2021

The Faculty Senate Speaker Series is an award established by the Faculty Senate to be awarded to a fall and a spring semester recipient of each academic year. Nominations are open to all academic personnel. The award carries an honorarium of $1750 and requires one lecture on the UW campus. The following should be included in the nomination packet (to be sent electronically):

1. Cover letter from nominee;
2. Nomination letter (self, peer, chair, or dean), stressing ability to address a general audience and topic of broad general interest;
3. At least one supporting letter from a peer;
4. At least one supporting letter from a student;
5. Self statement describing the topic (an abstract of about 100 words);
6. Nominee's current CV.

Faculty Speakers will be chosen on the basis of:

• An exemplary research record;
• A record of successfully engaging the three elements of the University's mission: teaching, research and/or creative activity, and service;
• A demonstrated ability to address a general audience in a stimulating and coherent manner;
• A topic of potentially broad general interest.

The selection committee comprises former award winners and the chair of the Faculty Recognition & Development Committee.

Deadline for receiving nominations for the 2020-21 awards is 5pm, April 24, 2020.

Send nomination packets electronically to:

Faculty Speaker Series Selection Committee
c/o Amy Kopp
Faculty Senate Office
facultys@uwyo.edu