The nomination deadline for Sarah Belle Brown Awards has been extended until January 13, 2006. UNM staff and faculty are encouraged to recognize their peers and colleagues who perform public/community service work. Community members may also nominate staff and faculty for volunteer work done with local organizations.
Photo: Sarah Belle Brown
The awards will be presented annually to a faculty and staff member who have donated considerable personal time and effort that has impact on the quality of life on community members. Staff must be employed halftime or greater and be off probationary status. Faculty must have received tenure or be on a tenure track to be eligible.
The awards are established to honor Sarah Belle Brown, a dedicated community servant for more than 30 years and the wife of Doug Brown, New Mexico State Treasurer and former UNM Regent.
Brown serves on the board of the Amy Biehl Charter High School, is a ten-year member of United Way’s Alexis de Toqueville Society and is a co-founder of the UNM President’s Club. Brown has co-sponsored a professorship and fellowships at the ASM. She has taught English to Spanish-speaking children in the Los Angeles School District and established a program in San Francisco that focused on the needs of newly arrived Asian children.
Faculty, staff, students, administrators or community members may submit nominations. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Each recipient will receive an award of $2,500 and will be invited to a recognition ceremony in February.
For a nomination form link to Sarah Brown Award. For questions, contact Mimi Swanson at 277-1781 or mswanson@unm.edu.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at January 10, 2006 11:02 AM