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I know this did not go out in TEN this week, but I wanted to remind you that we only have one week left for submissions. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 30px;">Extension award nominations<br>
Due by October 3</span></h1>
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Faculty of the Year</h2>
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Cooperative Extension Faculty of the Year recipient will receive $750 and an award.
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more information and nomination instructions. <b>Submission deadline – October 3</b>. This award will be presented at the 2026 ALVSCE Employee Appreciation and Awards Celebration in the spring.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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Outstanding Staff in Cooperative Extension</h2>
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will receive $750 and an award. </span><span style="font-family: calibri, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(139, 0, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700;"><u><a style="color: rgb(139, 0, 21); display: inline; margin: 0px;" data-linkto="https://" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=c61aa491c46e1dc41a440971bec0d85a4f7a33d5438ecfb2e5b9f177500f0c95a364d91cab53d2a38803fcf352a8295674d9b4071b429b0f" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAf9d12669-fe7c-5b66-6991-ca13d058d7bd" target="_blank" href="https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=c61aa491c46e1dc41a440971bec0d85a4f7a33d5438ecfb2e5b9f177500f0c95a364d91cab53d2a38803fcf352a8295674d9b4071b429b0f">Click
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more information. <b>Submission deadline – October 3</b>. This award will be presented at the 2026 ALVSCE Employee Appreciation and Awards Celebration in the spring.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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Extensionist of the Year</h2>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This award recognizes and honors an Arizona resident who has demonstrated extraordinary contributions, through Extension, to improving the lives of people in their communities and state.
Nomination letters should focus on: 1) the nature and extent of the contribution provided by the individual (35 percent), 2) how this contribution has benefitted people in the community (15%) and the state (15 percent), 3) leadership qualities (25 percent), and 4)
support for University of Arizona Cooperative Extension (10 percent). Submit your nominations and support letters to
</span><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700;"><u><a style="color: rgb(139, 0, 21); display: inline; margin: 0px;" data-linkto="mailto:" data-linkindex="4" title="mailto:kellymontez@arizona.edu?subject=" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA15b53a00-2f5b-894a-eca9-be6faaa2fee0" href="mailto:kellymontez@arizona.edu?subject=">kellymontez@arizona.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.
If you have any questions, contact <b>Kelly Montez</b>, (520) 621-7145. <b>Submission deadline – October 3</b>. This award will be presented at the CALES 2026 Awards Dinner in May.</span></div>
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Please send them my way. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Kelly Montez,</span></div>
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