Award people who make a difference

Four of NAU’s commissions are on the lookout to award individuals and groups who demonstrate actions associated with their goals.

The following commissions are accepting applications for their annual awards:

Commission on Disability, Access and Design
The CDAD Leadership Award honors faculty, staff, students, departments, organizations or community members who have made outstanding contributions to the NAU disability community. Only NAU faculty, staff, and students may make nominations. Winners must have engaged in one or more activities that promote full and equal access for individual with disabilities at NAU; promote a campus climate that values individuals with disabilities; support career and professional development opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and/or educate the campus on disability issues that affect university policy, practices and programs. The nomination deadline is March 6.

Commission on Ethnic Diversity
This award recognizes faculty, staff and students who educate the campus community on ethnic issues, serve as role models for the appreciation of diversity and encourage ethnic diversity in curriculum. The nomination deadline is March 11.

Commission for Native Americans
Individual awards from this commission will go to faculty, staff and student clubs. Nominations should explain how the performance, commitment and involvement of an individual or group has supported Native American students and/or programs. For example, explain how this person goes “above and beyond” his or her job duties and has positively impacted the Native American community and/or students. The nomination deadline is March 13. For information, contact Dean Smith at dean.smith@nau.edu.

Commission on the Status of Women
The mission of NAU’s Commission on the Status of Women is to foster a positive climate that promotes full and equal opportunity for women in the university community. The commission's objective is to educate the university community and to make recommendations to the president about women's issues so that concerns in university policies, practices and programs that affect women can be addressed to bring about constructive change. The commission’s annual awards focus on an individual and group who help create a campus environment that is favorable and equitable for women. The nomination is deadline is March 5.