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Nominations being accepted for annual diversity award

MUSC’s Office of Student Diversity is accepting nominations for the 2011 Earl B. Higgins Award. Established to honor a former director of minority affairs, the award acknowledges persistence and dedication to positive contributions to diversity enhancement on the campus, either in the colleges, the university or in MUHA. The awards will be presented at a reception from 4 to 6 p.m., April 6, 2011, at the Wickliffe House.

Nominations will be accepted for two awards: The Earl B. Higgins 2011 Achievement in Diversity Award and the Earl B. Higgins 2011 Student Leadership in Diversity Award.

Nominations for either award should be individuals who have contributed significantly to diversity in at least three of the following five areas:
  • Enriches diversity through student or employee recruitment, retention, enrichment or relations;
  •   Improves or enhances diversity through excellence in service to patients, families and visitors;
  •   Advances one or more of the several target areas of diversity, including race relations, gender issues, disabled, aging and international constituencies;
  • Recognizes and takes initiative to act upon potential opportunities to significantly affect or influence the organization and work environment as it pertains to diversity;
  • Promotes improvements in the understanding of the benefits of diversity within MUSC and the community.
Nominations must include the nomination form (found online at
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/diversity/images/ebhnominationform.pdf), and two letters of endorsement on 8 ½ X 11 paper for each nomination. Letters of endorsement must be attached to the nomination form.

Electronic submissions to burnham@musc.edu are recommended. However, packets may also be submitted via fax and mail. Winners will be announced on March 7, 2011.

For information call or e-mail Willette S. Burnham, Ph.D., executive director of student programs and Office of Student Diversity, at 792-2146 or burnham@musc.edu. All nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Feb. 4, 2011.

For online information, visit http://www.musc.edu/diversity/earlbhiggins.html.

Friday, Dec. 3, 2010


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