SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Nominations that do not conform to the following guidelines shall be disqualified:

Nominations and a PICTURE of individuals/team members (digital preferred), must be submitted together via e-mail by the Sept. 16 deadline. (Exceptions: Nominations submitted by retirees may be sent by mail. Print photographs may be submitted but must reach award chairperson by the stated deadline.)

Nominations must be limited to 1 (one) page (back and front).

Nominations must be submitted in straight text, Microsoft Word or StarOffice writer format. HTML or PDF formats will not be accepted.

Margins must be 1-inch and information presented must be a minimum of 10 point type.

Summary statements at the end of nominations must not exceed 75 words.

Nominees for individual awards must be current (2005) members of ESP and have paid their dues by February 1, 2005. (Nominees for the Meritorious Support Award and the State Friend of Extension are not required to be ESP members; all other individual awards are limited to ESP members.)

Before completing the paperwork for a 2005 nominee, check to see if he or she is a current ESP member. If the nominee is not sure, you can check with Art Bradley, ESP Treasurer (Edgecombe County), to confirm the membership status; Art’s e-mail is art_bradley@ncsu.edu

Team nominations and Diversity/Multicultural Recognition teams require that at least 50% of the team members eligible for ESP membership must be current members.

County staffs applying for County Performance Awards do not have to be ESP members, but it is highly desirable.

Send completed forms to Carol Norden, Chairman of Awards and Recognition Committee, via email: cnorden@co.wake.nc.us . Retirees may send mail to Carol Norden, Wake County Center, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, 4001-E Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610.

RECOGNITION CATEGORIES

Bernadette Watts ESP Professional Improvement Scholarship This $500 scholarship provides financial incentive and assistance for ESP members wishing to increase their professional competencies. The scholarship can be used for study leave, a graduate course or other projects contributing to professional improvement. Priority is given to those proposing study leave leading to a degree. Applicants must present strong professional improvement plans and be recommended by their supervisors. ESP members only. Nomination form

Visionary Leadership Award This award honors an Extension professional who has demonstrated visionary leadership resulting in new direction of Extension programs. ESP members only. Nomination form

Continued Service Recognition Recognition is for an experienced Extension professional with 20-plus years of experience who has exhibited continued leadership, initiative, and excellence in Extension program planning, delivery, evaluation in program or administration, on a state, regional and/or national level in years after receiving the state DSA award. Data supporting measurable impacts of the candidate's work in meeting the needs of clientele will strengthen the nomination. An Extension professional will become eligible for this recognition five years after receiving the State ESP DSA recognition (listed below). ESP members only. Nomination form

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD This award recognizes an ESP member who has contributed significantly to state Extension program planning and delivery for more than 20 years. ESP members only. Nomination form

STATE FRIEND OF EXTENSION AWARD This award recognizes a non-Extension person who has given outstanding public service and support to state Extension programs. Nomination form

STATE MERITORIOUS SUPPORT AWARD This award recognizes staff members who, over time, have shown support for Cooperative Extension's mission, program and professional staff. Such persons include secretaries, program assistants, print shop operators, computer operators and others. The winner is not necessarily an ESP member. Nomination form

ADMINSTRATIVE LEADERSHIP This honor recognizes an Extension professional who has shown noteworthy administrative enthusiasm, performance and accomplishment during their Extension careers (10 years or more). Administrative leadership may be at county, regional, state, program, department or national level. Documentation of the candidate's work in meeting the needs and furthering the efforts of supervised faculty, staff and/or program should be primary in this recognition. ESP members only. Nomination form

MID-CAREER SERVICE AWARD This award honors an Extension professional with 10 to 20 years service who has contributed significantly to Extension programs in work area ESP members only. Nomination form

EARLY CAREER SERVICE AWARD This award honors an ESP member who has shown ability (in less than 10 years) to plan/deliver Extension programs in work area. ESP members only. Nomination form

TEAM AWARD Team must have contributed significantly to the state's response to the National Initiatives. At least 50% of the team members eligible for ESP membership must be current members. Nomination form

DIVERSITY/MULTICULTURAL AWARD One individual and one team may be recognized each year for outstanding efforts and accomplishments in achieving and sustaining diversity in the Extension, programs and/or audiences. Diversity is defined as acknowledging, understanding, valuing and celebrating differences among people relative to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation. At least 50% of the team members eligible for ESP membership must be current members. Individual nominee must be current ESP member. Nomination form

INTERNATIONAL AWARD This award honors an ESP member who has contributed to Extension in other countries through state and/or overseas work. ESP members only. Nomination form

RETIREE SERVICE AWARD This award recognizes retired Extension professionals for continued contributions and outstanding service. ESP members only. Nomination form

COUNTY PERFORMANCE AWARD This award recognizes a total Extension program concept by the county staff in resource utilization that results in significant changes in the lives and actions of county residents. All counties are eligible to submit applications, and one county per Extension district will be recognized. Nomination form