CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Penn Alumni is seeking nominations for the following positions and awards:
Qualifications and criteria are listed below:
2010
Alumni Trustees (click for online form)
Alumni are invited and encouraged to suggest Alumni Trustee candidates, who must be degree holding alumni, for the two At-Large Alumni Trustee positions.
The successful Alumni Trustee candidates will begin their five-year terms on January 1, 2011. The Penn Alumni Nominations Committee, chaired by Penn Alumni President Lee Spelman Doty, W'76 and made up of current and former Alumni Trustees, will evaluate and recommend candidates for trusteeship based on evidence of leadership; involvement in alumni activities; record of achievement professionally, civically/socially, and for Penn; representation of the alumni body in terms of geography, gender, school/college, and personal background; record of financial support to Penn relative to capacity; and evidence of "trustee caliber." Please provide supporting documentation for why a candidate should be considered for alumni trusteeship at this time.
The deadline for Alumni Trustee nominations is Friday, January 8, 2010.
2010 Alumni Award of Merit (click for online form)
Each year, Penn Alumni presents the Alumni Award of Merit to alumni volunteers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to the University. Community service, professional achievements, and other such accomplishments are considered but
are only secondary to University service. The awards will be presented during Homecoming Weekend 2010 at the Alumni Award of Merit Gala, a celebration for all alumni volunteers. Attendance at the ceremony, to be held October 29, 2010, is a prerequisite for receiving the Award.
2010 Young Alumni Award (click for online form)
The Young Alumni Award recognizes outstanding leadership and service to the University prior
to one's 16th reunion year. Community service, professional achievements, and other such accomplishments are considered but
are secondary to five to 15 years of varied University service. The Young Alumni Award will also be presented during Homecoming Weekend 2010. Attendance at the ceremony, to be held October 29, 2010, is a prerequisite for receiving the Award.
The Penn Alumni Awards and Resolutions Committee, chaired by Peter V. Shoemaker, C'86 and made up of previous alumni award recipients, will give consideration to suggested candidates for the Alumni Award of Merit and the Young Alumni Award. In addition to the online nomination form, documentation supporting why a candidate should be considered for the Award of Merit or the Young Alumni Award should be submitted at this time. Please note: the strongest nominations are those that are accompanied by one or more letters of recommendation from classmates, colleagues, University staff, and others who know the candidate well in his/her service to Penn.
The deadline for Alumni Award of Merit and Young Alumni Award nominations is Friday, February 5, 2010.
If you are not submitting nominations via the online forms available at the above links, please forward your nominations and supporting materials to Trina Middleton, Director of Penn Alumni Board services, by e-mail at trinalm@upenn.edu, by fax at (215) 898-5383, or by mail at the address below:
Trina L. Middleton
Director, Penn Alumni Board Services
E. Craig Sweeten Alumni House
3533 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6226
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ABOUT PENN ALUMNI
Penn Alumni is comprised of over 290,000
matriculants to all of Penn's undergraduate, graduate, and professional
schools.
Undergraduate class presidents, alumni
club presidents, and presidents of the Penn Alumni's constituent
groups, about 300 members in all, make up the Penn Alumni Council
of Representatives, which currently convenes twice a year.
The Board of Directors, an approximately 60 member panel, which includes the Alumni Trustees, is the governing board
of Penn Alumni. These alumni leaders meet three times a year to
conduct the business of Penn Alumni.
