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Nominations open for 2023 Thomas Jefferson Award

March 17, 2023

The Office of Faculty Governance, on behalf of the Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee, is requesting nominations for the University’s 2023 Thomas Jefferson Award. This award is the highest recognition that the faculty can give to a UNC-CH faculty … Read more

Additional time available to submit honorary degree nominations

February 22, 2023

  The Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee is requesting nominations for UNC-Chapel Hill honorary degrees to be awarded in 2024. Since the faculty is entrusted with the conferral of degrees, faculty members are urged to consider suitable candidates and … Read more

Honorary Degree nomination deadline extended

February 9, 2023

Faculty requested to submit nominations for honorary degrees   The Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee is requesting nominations for UNC-Chapel Hill honorary degrees to be awarded in 2024. Since the faculty is entrusted with the conferral of degrees, faculty … Read more

Call for nominations for Honorary Degrees

January 9, 2023

The Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee requests nominations for UNC-Chapel Hill honorary degrees to be awarded in 2024. Since faculty are entrusted with the conferral of degrees, they are encouraged to consider suitable candidates and to nominate them for … Read more

Call for Distinguished Alumni Award nominations

October 12, 2022

  Dear Colleagues, Today is University Day when we celebrate the founding of Carolina so many years ago. As is traditional, at today’s University Day ceremony, we will also celebrate several notable alumni who will be presented with a Distinguished … Read more

O. Max Gardner Award deadline extended to Sept. 15

September 12, 2022

The deadline for submitting nominations for the UNC-Chapel candidate for the System-wide Oliver Max Gardner Award has been extended toThursday, September 15, 2022 at 5 p.m. For more information, please refer to this year’s call for nominations message [HTML] from Prof. … Read more

Nominations requested for Oliver Max Gardner Award by 9/12

August 29, 2022

Update to initial post: The nomination deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 15 Dear Faculty Colleagues, I’m writing to you as the chair of the Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee to encourage you to consider nominating … Read more

Call for nominations for Oliver Max Gardner Award

August 2, 2022

Call for Nominations: 2023 Oliver Max Gardner Award The Honorary Degrees and Special Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the UNC-Chapel Hill nominee for the 2023 Oliver Max Gardner Award. The nomination deadline is September 12, 2022. The award was … Read more

Call for nominations for 2020 O. Max Gardner Award

November 15, 2019

Dear Faculty Colleagues, The Office of Faculty Governance, on behalf of the Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards, is now accepting nominations for the 2020 O. Max Gardner Award through November 25, 2019. The award, established in 1947 by … Read more