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College Awards Guidelines

The CNS Outstanding Achievement Awards recognize excellence and honor members of the CNS community who have made important contributions to their discipline, department, college, and university.

Award recipients receive an honorarium and are presented with their awards at the CNS Recognition Ceremony in the spring. Teaching Award recipients also are honored at a celebratory dinner in the spring and named in the Undergraduate Commencement program.

Award recipients are chosen by committees chaired by designees appointed by the Dean, which may include past recipients.

Please visit the CNS Honors list of past recipients.

Nomination Guidelines

Inclusive Excellence

Inclusive Excellence

Teaching

Teaching

Research

Research

Outreach and Engagement

Outreach and Engagement

Student Mentoring

Student Mentoring

Faculty Peer Mentoring

Faculty Peer Mentoring

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Advising

Staff

Staff

Internal Service

Internal Service

Deadlines

Nominating materials are due by 5 p.m. February 7th, 2025. 

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