The UW School of Public Health (SPH) and the Student Public Health Association (SPHA) are seeking nominations for the third annual Service Award for Community Partners.

Each year, one or more community partners are honored for their demonstrated exemplary support of the school¢s mission and its educational, research, or service goals.* The purpose of the award is to recognize non-SPH collaborators who have shown dedication to working cooperatively with the school¢s students, faculty, staff, and/or administrators to provide service to the SPH and/or increase the school¢s impact in the local, national, or international community. Examples of noteworthy partnerships include, but are not limited to, those that promote community-based public health instruction or training experiences outside of the SPH, strengthen interdisciplinary or academic-community partnership projects in the areas of public health research or practice, or build community alliances that will help bridge public health science and practice. The award will be presented at the 11th Annual Masters in Public Health Practicum Reception on May 19, 2009.

We are asking SPH students, faculty, staff, and alumni to nominate collaborators whom they feel exhibit the qualities we wish to recognize. Preference will be given to nominations of individuals, including those who personify their institutions¢ commitment to collaborating with the SPH and supporting the school¢s mission. Individuals with primary or adjunct faculty appointments (current or emeritus) at the SPH or whose primary, direct, employer is the SPH are ineligible. Nominations are welcome from SPH faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Please feel free to distribute this email to SPH alumni who may not be active on UW email lists.

If you have a current UW NetID, please submit your nominations online the weblink below. If you do not have a current UW NetID, please e-mail spha@u.washington.eduto request a custom ID that will allow you to submit nominations online.

If you have a current UW NetID, please submit your nominations online using the weblink below:
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/spha/70690

If you do not have a current UW NetID, please e-mail spha@u.washington.edu to request a custom ID that will allow you to submit nominations online.


Thank you for taking the time to nominate a candidate for this award.

Previous winners:

2007 winners Ofelio Borges and Flor Servin, farm worker trainers for the Washington State Department of Agriculture's Farmworker Education Program, for the way they have encouraged and mentored DEOHS students.

Karen Hartfield receives the 2008 award on behalf of Public Health-Seattle & King County, which has long supported the School by providing practicum experiences at its many sites throughout King County.

* - Further details about the SPH's mission, goals, objectives, and values are available online