{"id":24865,"date":"2025-07-10T09:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=24865"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:22:37","slug":"reminder-nominations-open-for-presidents-awards-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/reminder-nominations-open-for-presidents-awards-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Nominations Open for President&#8217;s Awards for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As a reminder, nominations are open for the President&#8217;s Awards for Excellence.<\/strong> We encourage employees to submit their nominations <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iLMxAcnPQvtoVsB69\">via this form<\/a> by Wednesday, July 30. The President\u2019s Awards for Excellence honor extraordinary achievements in the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Mentorship:<\/strong> Nurturing and empowering others through mentoring, advising and guidance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Scholarship:<\/strong> Advancing knowledge and innovation through research, publication or creative activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Contributions to Diversity:<\/strong> Celebrating those who foster inclusivity, representation and belonging on campus<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Innovation:<\/strong> Introducing creative solutions or programs that enhance our University\u2019s impact<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Community Building:<\/strong> Strengthening our campus culture through collaboration, empathy and civic engagement<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Service:<\/strong> Recognizing individuals who engage in active citizenship and collaborative partnerships to enhance campus and our communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Stewardship:<\/strong> Honoring those who are committed to intentionally honoring the University\u2019s traditions and responsibly securing the evolution of Wilkes and its mission<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once reviewed by the President\u2019s Cabinet, recipients and their nominators will be notified. Awardees will receive a $1,000 stipend, a commemorative lapel pin, a certificate and an invitation to the annual Founders Gala event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s Award recipients will be celebrated at <strong>Fall Convocation for faculty and staff at 9 \u202fa.m. on Wednesday, August 20, in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons<\/strong> on the second floor of the Henry Student Center. More information about Convocation will be shared later this summer. In the meantime, please mark your calendar for this important event.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance for taking the time to recognize those colleagues who exemplify Wilkes University\u2019s values by <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iLMxAcnPQvtoVsB69\">submitting a nomination<\/a> for the President\u2019s Awards for Excellence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a reminder, nominations are open for the President&#8217;s Awards for Excellence. We encourage employees to submit their nominations via this form by Wednesday, July 30. The President\u2019s Awards for Excellence honor extraordinary achievements in the following categories: Mentorship: Nurturing and empowering others through mentoring, advising and guidance Scholarship: Advancing knowledge and innovation through research,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/reminder-nominations-open-for-presidents-awards-for-excellence\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reminder: Nominations Open for President&#8217;s Awards for Excellence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24871,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24865\/revisions\/24871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}