EHHS Diversity Award

DESCRIPTION

The Kent State EHHS Diversity Award recognizes and encourages student, staff and faculty engagement in DEI initiatives. Relevant activities include those that support the mission an vision of the EHHS Diversity Committee, such as engaging in:

complex initiatives to support inclusion
toward a more socially just society
promoting anti racism /anti-oppressive practices
culturally sensitive andresponsive actions

One Kent State EHHS Diversity Award will be made annually, in each of the following categories (for a total of three annual awards):

Student (undergraduate, graduate, part-time or full-time)
Staff (part-time or full-time)
Faculty (tenure-track or non-tenure-track)

ELIGIBILITY

Previous recipients are eligible to re-apply for the award after 7 years. Meritorious activity for a reapplication must have occurred after receiving previous award.

Application Procedure

Applicants will either be nominated or self-nominated for this award. There are no restrictions to the number of applicants from a given Program/School.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Complete online Nomination Form (PDF)
Nomination letter (up to 1 page single-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman font) describing how the applicant meets the criteria for the award. In addition to a description of current activities, letters should address the significance of the nominee's DEI activities.Note: If application is self-nominated, the applicant should secure an additional nomination letter from a colleague or peer supporting the applicatino. Otherwise, the nomination letter wlll fulfill this requirement (i.e., an additional letter of support is not required).
The applicant's curriculum vitae or resume, emphasizing DEI activity (up to 10 pages).

RUBRIC FOR STUDENT AWARD:

Criterion	Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations	Far Exceeds Expectations
Clarity	Student DEI contributions are described	Student DEI contributions are clearly described	Student DEI contributions are clearly described and illustrated by multiple concrete examples
EHHS Impact	DEI contributions will have minor impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	DEI contributions will have impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	DEI contributions will have substantial impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs
Areas of DEI Work	The nominee's advocacy, service or engagement activity is primarily centered around a single activity/organization	The nominee's advocacy, service or engagement activity is centered around multiple activities/organizations	The nominee demonstrates excellence in advocacy, service or engagement activity, which is centered around multiple activities/organizations

RUBRIC FOR STAFF AWARD:

Criterion	Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations	Far Exceeds Expectations
Clarity	Staff DEI contributions are described	Staff DEI contributions are clearly described	Staff DEI contributions are clearly described and illustrated by multiple concrete examples
Effort	Nominee's DEI contributions will have minor impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	Nominee has actively sought out ways to improve areas of DEI within programs, offices and/or EHHS	Nominee has significantly worked on improving areas of DEI wihing programs, office and/or EHHS
EHHS Impact	Staff DEI contributions will have minor impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	Staff DEI contributions will have impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	Staff DEI contributions will have substantial impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs
Community Impact	Staff DEI contributions will have minor impacts on the local community/community beyond KSU	Staff DEI contributions will have impacts on the local community/community beyond KSU	Staff DEI contributions will have substantial impacts on the local community/community beyond KSU
Areas of DEI Work	The nominee's advocacy, service or engagement activity is primarily centered around a single activity/organization	The nominee's advocacy, service or engagement activity is centered around multiple activities/organizations	The nominee demonstrates excellence in advocacy, service or engagement activity, which is centered around multiple activities/organizations

RUBRIC FOR FACULTY AWARD:

Criterion	Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations	Far Exceeds Expectations
Clarity	Faculty DEI contributions are described	Faculty DEI contributions are clearly described	Faculty DEI contributions are clearly described and illustrated by multiple concrete examples
Quality	The amount, depth and/or significance of the nominee's DEI contributions is commensurate with expectations	The amount, depth and/or significance of the nominee's DEI contributions exceeds expectations	The amount, depth and/or significance of the nominee's DEI contributions far exceeds expectations
EHHS Impact	Faculty DEI contributions will have minor impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	Faculty DEI contributions will have impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs	Faculty DEI contributions will have substantial impacts on EHHS students, faculty, staff and/or programs
Community Impact	Faculty DEI contributions will have minor impacts on the local community/community beyond KSU	Faculty DEI contributions will have impacts on the local community/community beyond KSU	Faculty DEI contributions will have substantial impacts on the local community/community beyond KSU
Areas of DEI Work	The nominee's DEI activities are primarily centered around a single category (research, teaching or service)	The nominee's DEI activities are centered around multiple categories (research, teaching and/or service)	The nominee's demonstrates excellence in DEI activities, which are centered around multiple categories (research, teaching and/or service)

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