EEE-TIG Awards 2011 Nominations
Deadline September 2, 2011
Call for 2011 Award Nominations
Each
year the EEE-TIG presents up to
five awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession.
These awards recognize our colleagues for professional excellence and service
to Extension education evaluation. The awards are presented at the annual AEA
meeting, which will be held October 31 - November 5, 2011 in Anaheim, CA. The EEE-TIG
Board of Directors requests your assistance in nominating deserving colleagues.
Award categories and past recipients are listed below. Nominations can be
accepted from members and non-members of EEE-TIG.
Nominees need not be EEE-TIG
members. The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2010 EEE-TIG awards program is Sept. 2, 2011.
Award Categories and Past Recipients
Sustained
Excellence in Extension Evaluation Award
This
award is given for conceptual, methodological and evaluation accomplishments
making outstanding contributions to Extension and evaluation. Previous
recipients are Midge Smith and George Mayeske (1990), Richard Krueger (1991),
Kay Rockwell (1992) , Sara Steele (1994), Mary Marshall (1998), and Claude
Bennett (2000), the team of Sherry Betts, Donna
Peterson, Karen Hoffman-Tepper, Dan McDonald, Lucinda
Richmond, James Roebuck, Mary Marczak (2003), Nancy Ellen Kiernan (2004),
Michael Duttweiler (2005), K. S. U.(Jay) Jayaratne
(2006), Michael Lambur (2007), Marilyn Townsend (2008), Rama
Radhakrishna (2009), Glenn Israel (2010).
The
Mary Nell Greenwood Extension Evaluation Award
This
award is given for administrative or program leadership toward outstanding
organizational, policy and resource contributions to Extension evaluation.
Previous recipients are: Leo Lucas (1990), John Woeste (1992), Gail
Skinner-West (1995), Andrew Weber (1996), Ellen Fitzsimmons (1998), Michelle
Rodgers (2000), Kevin Reilly and Marvin Van Kekerix (2002), Dale Blyth (2003),
Steve Wyatt (2004), Nancy Franz (2005), Mark McCann (2007), A. Scott Reed
(2008), Jewel Hairston (2009), Robert McDonald (2010).
Excellence
in Extension Program Evaluation Award
This award is given for an evaluation of outstanding
quality. This may be an individual or team award to professional evaluators or
to those whose major responsibility is not program evaluation. Criteria for
excellence in program evaluation are accuracy, feasibility, propriety and
utility, with particular emphasis placed on utility in improving Extension
programs, policies and/or accountability. Previous recipients include Michael
Lambur and Judy Burtner (1994), Ken Pigg (1995), the team of Garee Earnst,
Denise Ellsworth, Rubin Nieto, N.L. McCaslin and Laryssa Lackman (1996), Glenn
Israel (1997), Nancy Ellen Kiernan (1998), Murari Suvedi (1998), the team of
Michael Lambur, Radhika Rajgopal, Edwin Lewis, Ruby Cox, and Michael Ellerbrock
(1999), and the team of Susan Barkman and Krisanna Machtmes (2000), and the
team of Mary Alice Gettings and Cindy Javor (2001), Renee Daugherty, Ron
Powers, Sue Williams, Wendy Petersen and Christine Johnson (2002), Pennie
Crinion; Bill Million; Sheri Seibold; and Charles D. Clark. (2005). Mary Arnold,
Robin VanWinkle, Anne Manlove, Doug Hart, Mary Dunn, Elissa Wells, & Dana
Martin (2007), Mary Ehret (2008), Nancy Grudens-Schuck (2010).
Excellence
in Extension Evaluation Training Award
This
award is given for evaluation training of outstanding quality by an individual
or team. The nominees may be professional evaluator(s) or those whose major
responsibility is not program evaluation. Criteria for excellence in evaluation
training include creativity, enablement of trainees in evaluation practice, and
the use of training to further extension evaluation. Previous recipients
include Kay Rockwell (1996), Satish Verma and Roger Rennekamp (1999), Richard
Rohs (2000), Ellen Fitzsimmons, Ellen Taylor-Powell, Heather Boyd and Robin
Shepard (2002), Lisa Guion (2003), Mary Arnold (2004), Lisa Townson (2005),
Nancy Grudens-Schuck and Jean Eels (2006), Joseph Donaldson (2009, Scott Cummings (2010).
Outstanding
Leadership and Service to the Extension Evaluation Profession
This
award is given for leadership and service in creating networks and gaining
visibility for Extension evaluators. Previous recipients include Claude Bennett
(1988), John Michael (1998) John Richardson (1999), Milton Fujii and David
Underwood (2002), Ellen Taylor-Powell (2003), Richard Rohs (2006), Roger
Rennekamp (2007), Michael Newman (2008), Michael Lambur (2010).
Nomination Packet and Submissions
Nomination
packets should consist of the following:
1. One-page rationale for nomination,
including:
A. The specific
award for which the nomination is submitted
B. Name, title,
institution of the nominee(s)
C. Descriptive
information to support the nomination
2. Appropriate supporting documents,
such as a copy of product(s) developed by the nominee
3. Three letters of support that speak to the nominee's strengths based on the award criteria and purpose
4. Name, address, phone & email
address of person making the nomination
Please
submit nomination packet by September 2, 2011 (electronic submissions required) to:
Lisa Townson, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Programs
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
201A Taylor Hall - College Road Durham, NH 03824
Phone: (603) 862-1031