Slesinger Awards for Excellence in Mentoring: Call for Nominations

Do you know someone at UW-Madison who has provided excellent mentoring for women, trans, or non-binary faculty at UW-Madison? Please consider nominating her, him or them for a Slesinger Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Awards are presented annually at the Women, Trans & Non-Binary Faculty Mentoring Program’s annual reception for newly promoted & tenured colleagues.

Slesinger Awards recognize mentoring of women, trans, or non-binary faculty on the tenure track. We welcome nominations  from a group of writers or a single writer; however a collective nomination of a mentor who has supported more than one protégé is looked on favorably. The most successful nominations clearly articulate how a mentor’s efforts have had a positive impact in the life and career of the protégé(s) and/or have had a lasting impact on the institution.

Fall 2022 Nominations (Deadline: 10 October)

Please send an e-mail message  to Lindsey Stoddard Cameron with the subject header “Slesinger Awards for Excellence in Mentoring.”

In the body of your message, please include:

• The nominee’s name, title, department(s), e-mail address, and telephone number
• The names of any additional writer(s) with whom you are submitting your nomination.

Please attach a single letter of nomination (.pdf, maximum 3 pages) describing how your nominee has excelled as a mentor.

For example, an effective mentor may:

• offer advice about professional issues
• review and give feedback on key projects
• provide information about institutional resources
• introduce a mentee to others in the discipline or related fields
• communicate the “unspoken rules” of university life
• offer guidance on how to balance personal and professional commitments
• help mentees find appropriate and effective ways to raise concerns, address issues, or solve problems
• have a positive, lasting impact on the institution

Thank you for helping us to promote effective mentoring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.