2005 EEE-TIG Awards Nominations
Deadline September 8, 2005

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Call for Nominations
Each year the EEE-TIG presents up to five awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession. These awards are great opportunities to recognize our colleagues for professional excellence and service to extension education evaluation. The awards are presented at the annual AEA meeting in early November. The EEE-TIG Board of Directors requests your assistance in nominating deserving colleagues. Award categories and past recipients are listed below. Nominations can be accepted from members and non-members of EEE-TIG. Nominees need not be EEE-TIG members.The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2005 EEE-TIG awards program is Sept. 8, 2005.

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Award Categories and Past Recipients

SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE IN EXTENSION EVALUATION AWARD For conceptual, methodological and evaluation accomplishments making outstanding contributions to Extension and evaluation. Previous recipients are Midge Smith and George Mayeske (1990), Richard Krueger (1991), Kay Rockwell (1992) , Sara Steele (1994), Mary Marshall (1998), and Claude Bennett (2000), the team of Sherry Betts, Donna Peterson, Karen Hoffman-Tepper, Dan McDonald, Lucinda Richmond, James Roebuck, Mary Marczak (2003), Nancy Ellen Kiernan (2004).

THE MARY NELL GREENWOOD EXTENSION EVALUATION AWARD For administrative or program leadership toward outstanding organizational, policy and resource contributions to Extension evaluation. Previous recipients are: Leo Lucas (1990), John Woeste (1992), Gail Skinner-West (1995), Andrew Weber (1996), Ellen Fitzsimmons (1998), Michelle Rodgers (2000), Kevin Reilly and Marvin Van Kekerix (2002), Dale Blyth (2003), Steve Wyatt (2004).

EXCELLENCE IN PROGRAM EVALUATION AWARD For an evaluation of outstanding quality. This may be an individual or team award to professional evaluators or to those whose major responsibility is not program evaluation. Criteria for excellence in program evaluation are accuracy, feasibility, propriety and utility, with particular emphasis placed on utility in improving Extension programs, policies and/or accountability. Previous recipients include Michael Lambur and Judy Burtner (1994), Ken Pigg (1995), the team of Garee Earnst, Denise Ellsworth, Rubin Nieto, N.L. McCaslin and Laryssa Lackman (1996), Glenn Israel (1997), Nancy Ellen Kiernan (1998), Murari Suvedi (1998), the team of Michael Lambur, Radhika Rajgopal, Edwin Lewis, Ruby Cox, and Michael Ellerbrock (1999), and the team of Susan Barkman and Krisanna Machtmes (2000), and the team of Mary Alice Gettings and Cindy Javor (2001), Renee Daugherty, Ron Powers, Sue Williams, Wendy Petersen and Christine Johnson (2002).

EXCELLENCE IN EVALUATION TRAINING AWARD For evaluation training of outstanding quality by an individual or team. The nominees may be professional evaluator(s) or those whose major responsibility is not program evaluation. Criteria for excellence in evaluation training include creativity, enablement of trainees in evaluation practice, and the use of training to further extension evaluation. Previous recipients include Kay Rockwell (1996), Satish Verma and Roger Rennekamp (1999), Richard Rohs (2000), Ellen Fitzsimmons, Ellen Taylor-Powell, Heather Boyd and Robin Shepard (2002), Lisa Guion (2003), Mary Arnold (2004).

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE EXTENSION EVALUATION PROFESSION For leadership and service in creating networks and gaining visibility for Extension evaluators. Previous recipients include Claude Bennett (1988), John Michael (1998) John Richardson (1999), Milton Fujii and David Underwood (2002), Ellen Taylor-Powell (2003).

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Nomination Packet and Submissions

Nomination packets should consist of the following:

1. One-page rationale for nomination, including:
 A. The specific award for which the nomination is submitted
B. Name, title, institution of the nominee(s)
 C. Descriptive information to support the nomination
2. Appropriate supporting documents, such as a copy of product(s) developed by the nominee
3. Letters of support (No specific number of letters is required. Successful nominations typically have included three or more such letters.)
4. Name, address, phone & email address of person making the nomination

Please submit nomination packet by September 8, 2005 (either hard copy or electronic) to: 
 

Michael E. Newman
Organizational Development
Box 9660
Mississippi State, MS 39762
FAX: 662-325-8407
Phone: 662-325-3462
mnewman@ext.msstate.edu
 
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Feed Us a Lead

You might have someone in mind who could be an appropriate nominee for one of our award categories but feel that it is not appropriate to nominate the person yourself. If so, please pass your suggestion along by completing the simple questions below. If you have more than one suggestion, please return to this page and submit another. Thanks!

Name and affiliation/address of potential nominee:

Which award(s) are you suggesting might be appropriate. (Check all that apply.)
Sustained Excellence in Extension Evaluation
Mary Nell Greenwood Extension Evaluation Award
Excellence in Program Evaluation Award
Excellence in Evaluation Training Award
Outstanding Leadership and Service to the Extension Evaluation Profession

Who might be asked to nominate this person?
Give name, affiliation/address:

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For more information, contact Michael E. Newman

Extension Education Evaluation Topical Interest Group
American Evaluation Association
Last Updated: July 2, 2004

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