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UC DAVIS: CAMPUS COMMUNITY RELATIONS

January 8, 2007

DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

RE: The Soaring to New Heights Diversity & Principles of Community Achievement Recognition Awards

The fifteenth annual Soaring to New Heights celebration will be held on April 17, 2007, in Freeborn 
Hall.  Ticket dates and sales locations will be announced at http://occr.ucdavis.edu/Soaring.

Nominations for the Diversity & Principles of Community Achievement Awards are invited.  Awards are 
for campus employees who demonstrate diversity and Principles of Community efforts that exceed the 
expectations of their position.  All members of both the Davis campus and UCDHS communities are 
encouraged to send in nominations (form attached) for any of the following awards.  Recipients of 
the 2006 Diversity & Principles of Community Achievement Recognition Awards are ineligible.

Individual Awards -- Awards are intended to recognize staff members who, through their own personal 
efforts, have made significant contributions to affirmative action/equal employment opportunity 
and/or heightened awareness and sensitivity to diversity. Nominations received for contributions 
made by faculty, executives, student employees and/or community members will be considered for a 
Special Citation.
 
Deanna Falge Award -- While the criteria for this award are consistent with the criteria for the 
individual award, it is expanded to recognize the ongoing (5 years or more) demonstration of one's 
exemplary contributions toward the furthering of UC Davis's affirmative action/equal opportunity 
and/or diversity objectives.

Department/Unit/Team Award -- This award is intended to recognize the UC Davis unit or team whose 
members, through their own personal or group efforts, have made significant contributions to 
affirmative action/equal employment opportunity and/or heightened awareness and sensitivity to 
diversity.

Criteria: Each nomination must include specific examples of contributions such as: advances 
awareness of affirmative action and/or diversity issues and concerns; models behavior consistent 
with the Principles of Community; advances a positive work environment that is inclusive and bias 
free; contributes substantially to achievement of affirmative action goals; participates 
productively in affirmative action and/or diversity programs; or demonstrates commitment to 
affirmative action and diversity through public service and community involvement.  All 
nominations must address these same criteria.

Award recipients will be announced at a the Principles of Community Event, "Soaring to New 
Heights," and a reception honoring them will be held at a later date.

Deadline for nominations is February 20, 2007.  Please send your nominations, preferably by 
email, to:  Vickie Gomez, Program Coordinator, Campus Community Relations, Offices of the 
Chancellor and Provost, vlgomez@ucdavis.edu.

Dennis Shimek
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor --
Human Resources 

Rahim Reed
Associate Executive Vice Chancellor --
Campus Community Relations

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