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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Hi all,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">On behalf of the SPLS awards committee, I'd like to circulate information below about the Shirley O'Brien ALVSCE Community Awards. If you are interested in nominating someone
from SPLS, or in self-nominating, please contact either Xiong (zxiong@arizona.edu<b>) </b>or I (baltrus@arizona.edu) as soon as possible as the deadline is end of week.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Best,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Dave Baltrus </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 82, 136);">Community Awards</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">The ALVSCE Fairness Council is now accepting nominations for the Shirley O’Brien ALVSCE Community Awards.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">The
<b>Legacy Community Champion</b> award is for an individual that has demonstrated exemplary leadership for at least five years.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">The
<b>Emerging Community Champion</b> award is for an individual that has shown exemplary leadership by initiating a new program or effort in the past 4 years or less.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">A new
<b>Team Community Champions</b> award is for team nominees of 2 or more people who have shown exemplary leadership and teamwork through ALVSCE community building efforts. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">All faculty and staff in ALVSCE are eligible for nomination. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Nominations are due
<b>November 15, 2025 by 5:00 p.m</b>. Please click here to access the application
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(139, 0, 21);"><b><u><a style="color: rgb(139, 0, 21); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=229242c20473af52a77444d1c265d7ab6352a9b026376978ef6303c0f8c2a84967d924d981806093331b07115afe262d221f8c56a88abc1c" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA250ebc2b-55ee-72bd-a0d3-1e41c5f94074" target="_blank" href="https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=229242c20473af52a77444d1c265d7ab6352a9b026376978ef6303c0f8c2a84967d924d981806093331b07115afe262d221f8c56a88abc1c">https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Ll4Ije6rCd5u9U</a></u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Please contact Jeff Ratje (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(139, 0, 21);"><b><u><a style="color: rgb(139, 0, 21); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="1" title="mailto:jmratje@arizona.edu" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA6844f7be-9b02-5b78-3e95-21d2724dc9f9" href="mailto:jmratje@arizona.edu">jmratje@arizona.edu</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">)
for more information.</span></p>
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