Hispanic/ Latinx Distinguished Service Awards Now Open

FSU Seal over a garnet background and the words Hispanic/Latinx Distinguished Service Award

This message has been approved by Dr. Sierra Turner, director of the center's Office of Representation, Inclusion & Student Equity.

Nominations are now open for the Hispanic/ Latinx Distinguished Service Awards. This award recognizes and celebrates a faculty member and a staff member who enhance cultural awareness and increase knowledge of contributions of the Latinx community to our social, political, cultural, and economic history, as well as contemporary contributions to the FSU community. This award is intended to celebrate pillars of the FSU community who demonstrate a commitment to fostering growth and diversity among the Latinx cultural identity through teaching, research, and/or service. While the award in itself is an honor, it also carries a $1,000 stipend for the recipient.

About the awards
The faculty award is intended to highlight a faculty member who demonstrates scholarly excellence and significant contribution to the academic study, research, and discourse of Latinx history and identity on campus, in the community, in the United States, and/or globally, including the teaching, research, and discourse of Afro-Latinx and Indigenous-Latinx individuals and communities.

Staff award winners should exemplify a commitment to fostering a diverse campus community and have made significant contributions to the service and support of Latinx students, faculty, and staff and Latinx culture on campus through projects, programs, or service.

Nominations
All nominations must be submitted by Sunday, Sept. 25.  Award recipients will be announced during the week of Oct. 9.

  • The nominee should be a full-time employee, in good standing, who has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to FSU.
  • Individuals of all races, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and any other identity groups are eligible for the award.
  • Nominations may be submitted by any student, faculty, staff, or administrator at the university.
  • Nominations must include: a nomination letter, resume/CV, biography, and two letters of support.

For more detailed criteria or to submit a nomination, visit thecenter.fsu.edu/HispanicLatinxDSA.

Article Date
August 30, 2022