Includes Individual Awards (pages 1 and 2); Iowa Association of County Extension Councils, County Extension Education Director, and Friends of Extension awards (page 3); and team awards (pages 3 and 4).

2008 Awards Booklet (.pdf file)

The Awards Nomination Form is posted online for use in submitting nominations. See the Instructions page for information on how to use it. Membership of the Extension Awards Committee includes 21 staffers selected to represent all areas of the state and all program areas. Use the e-mail addresses on the committee page to contact the committee member of your choice.

Descriptions of the awards presented by ISU Extension are listed below. This page is updated as information becomes available. Please check back.

Also included here are awards sponsored by NACAA, NAE4-HA, NEAFCS, Epsilon Sigma Phi, and ISU Alumni Association. All of these are included to help you get a clearer picture of the entire recognition system, and to collect the information in one place for your convenience. Please be mindful of differing application procedures and deadlines.

There is a section titled Tips To Help You Write Winning Nominations. Please read it before you complete the nomination form.

Follow the links below to information on these ISU Extension awards

Awards for ISU Extension staff members (Nominations due February 25, 2008)

 

|ISU Extension Marketing Award (new award) | Meritorious Service | Individual Achievement | Team Achievement - Educational | Team Achievement - Organizational | Diversity Achievement | New Professional | Pride of Extension for Office Management | Pride of Extension for Program Management | County Extension Education Director Excellence | 4-H Youth Development Program Director's Award | Excellence in Agricultural Extension Programs Award | Prevention Science Partnership Award | Scholarship and the Discovery/Engagement Partnership Award |

Awards for ISU Extension staff members presented at all-University convocation in the Fall 2008

(Nominations due February 25, 2008).

Nominations go to ISU Extension Awards Committee: | ISU Award for Distinguished Service in Extension | ISU R.K. Bliss Extension Award |
Nominations go to Office of the Provost: Extension/Professional Practice Award | Early Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice Award |

Nomination information

| Submitting Award Nominations and Nomination Format | Tips for Writing Winning Nominations | Previous Award Recipients |

 

 

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Follow the links below to information on these Epsilon Sigma Phi awards

Awards for Epsilon Sigma Phi members

 

State Awards--Alpha Mu Chapter
| Distinguished Service | Certificate of Meritorious Service | Mid-Career Service | Early-Career Service | State Team | Retiree Service | Visionary Leadership Recognition | Friends of Extension |

Regional Awards
| Mid-career Service | Distinguished Service |

National Award
| International Service |

 

Nomination information

| Submitting Award Nominations and Nomination Format | Previous Award Recipients |

 

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Follow the links below to information on these professional association awards.

Awards for these professional association members 

NAE4-HA
| Distinguished Service | Achievement in Service | Twenty-Five Years of Service | American Spirit | NAE4-HA Professional Improvement | NAE4-HA Search for Excellence in Teens Programming | NAE4-HA Educational Technology | Strengthening our Capacity to Care | Natural Resources/Environmental Stewardship | NAE4-HA Diversity | NAE4-HA Communicator |

NEAFCS

NACAA

Nomination information 

| NAE4-HA | NEAFCS | NACAA |

 

Previous professional association award recipients 

| NEAFCS | NAE4-HA | NACAA |

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Awards presented by ISU Foundation and ISU Alumni Association 

| ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice | ISU Award for Early Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice | ISU Alumni Association Superior Service to Alumni Award | Professional and Scientific Excellence Award | Carroll Ringgenberg Award | Professional and Scientific Outstanding New Professional Award |

 

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Please send comments and questions to Daniel Ossian: (dnossian@iastate.edu)
Last update: October 29, 2008