Nominations are open for the fourth annual iTEACH Awards, which recognize UNMC students, faculty and staff for their contributions to campus, student and community life. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 28.
Click an award name link below to submit a nomination. There are no submission limits.
Student award
- Student Impact Award: Recognizes a student who embodies leadership qualities and provides a positive influence on the education and overall experience of UNMC students. One recipient is selected from each college.
Student organization awards
- Advisor of the Year Award: Recognizes a faculty advisor who oversees a recognized student organization. This award celebrates the hard work, dedication and lifelong learning that the person provides to the student group while upholding the iTEACH values.
- Collaboration Award: Recognizes a group of organizations (two or more) that have successfully worked together to sponsor or host an event, program or act of service that has benefited the UNMC campus community.
- Community Impact Award: Recognizes student organizations that extend UNMC’s core values through creation of health care initiatives that are impactful and sustainable in the community.
- Community Health Education Award: Recognizes student organizations that extend UNMC’s core values through demonstration of exemplary contribution to the development of educational health care services or programming to community agencies, schools or organizations.
- Diversity and Inclusion Award: Recognizes a group that promotes and fosters a cross-cultural learning environment through creating an initiative or program that has significantly impacted the campus community.
Faculty awards
- Distinguished Mentor Award: Recognizes a full or part-time faculty member who serves as a role model to students, demonstrating high professional and ethical standards.
- Distinguished Teacher Award: Recognizes a full or part-time faculty member who goes above and beyond to provide excellent education to students.
- Faculty Advisor Excellence in Engagement Award: Recognizes excellence in community engagement by UNMC faculty and for providing exceptional service to students, their colleagues and/or UNMC.
Staff award
- Staff Excellence in Engagement Award: Recognizes excellence in community engagement by UNMC staff and for providing exceptional service to students, their colleagues and/or UNMC.
Community partner award
- Community Partner Award: Recognizes a community organization that extends UNMC core values through creation of health care initiatives that are impactful and sustainable in the community.
Awards ceremony
The iTEACH Awards ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 16, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Wigton Heritage Center. All are welcome to attend. Read about last year’s award winners.
The awards are sponsored by the UNMC Office of Community Engagement, the Student Life Inclusion and Diversity Office and the UNMC Student Senate.