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Contact: Sharon Howard, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
(815) 753-0320

Betty Baugh, University Resources for Women
(815) 753-9614

January 26, 2004


Presidential Commission on the Status of Women announces
Wilma D. Stricklin Award for Enhancing the Climate for Women

DE KALB – The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women is seeking nominations for the Wilma D. Stricklin Award for the Enhancement of the Climate for Women on Campus. This award is given annually to an NIU-affiliated individual who has made university-wide, consistent and lasting changes in the university campus climate or university processes.

Finalists for the Stricklin Award will have met all of the following criteria:

  • Demonstrated exemplary leadership/service resulting in a more favorable campus climate for women;
  • Provided continual leadership/service over an extended period of time;
  • Expended efforts beyond expectations and work responsibilities;
  • Achieved results and effected lasting change, making NIU a better campus for women.

An awards committee appointed by the commission will review nominations and select a recipient. The award will be presented at the Outstanding Women Student Awards ceremony on Honors Day, April 18, 2004. A member of the operating staff, supportive professional staff, faculty, student body or alumni must make nominations for this award. 

A complete nomination must include:

  • The nomination form and accompanying statement and
  • Two additional letters of support. (Only two will be considered, and members of the operating staff, supportive professional staff, faculty, student body or alumni must write them.)

Completed nomination packets, marked confidential, can be mailed or faxed to University Resources for Women, 105 Normal Rd., DeKalb, IL 60115, fax (815) 753-0337. All nominations and letters of support must be received no later than noon on March 19, 2004. For additional information or nomination forms, please contact University Resources for Women at 753-9614 or visit the Website at: http://www.niu.edu/women/pcsw/wds.shtml.

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