Announcing the 2010 IFO
James Eric Chalgren Award
for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues

The IFO GLBTA Issues Committee elected to name the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of LGBT issues to honor the memory and service of James Eric Chalgren (1951-2000), who as a graduate student in the Counseling and Student Personnel Program founded the LGBT Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1977, one of the first university centers in the nation to serve LGBT students, staff, and faculty.

The IFO GLBTA Issues Committee Adopted the Following Selection Criteria for the 2010 James Eric Chalgren Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues:

An IFO member, who (meets one or more of the following criteria):

• Has improved the professional lives of LGBT faculty on the local and/or state level through serving in leadership capacities as a scholar or change agent to create equity and opportunities for LGBT faculty and staff of the MnSCU system.
• Has improved the system to more equitably recognize, hire, retain, tenure and promote LGBT faculty.
• Has worked to improve the working conditions for professional LGBT employees.
• Has advocated within the MnSCU system and beyond on issues with substantial impact on LGBT employees.
• Has significant service to the IFO on the local and/or state level, serving in leadership capacities and in advocacy within the IFO on issues with substantial impact on LGBT faculty.

Deadline:  Nominations must be received by March 22, 2010.

Recipient will be recognized on April 9 at the Delegate Assembly banquet.

Nominations may be submitted by email (arsen@ifo.org), by fax (651-227-0505), or by mail, addressed to: Chalgren Award Nominations, Inter Faculty Organization, 490 Concordia Avenue, Suite 125, Saint Paul, MN 55103.

IFO
James Eric Chalgren Award
for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues

NOMINATION FORM

Nominations may be submitted by email (arsen@ifo.org), by fax (651-227-0505), or by mail, addressed to: Chalgren Award Nominations, Inter Faculty Organization, 490 Concordia Avenue, Suite 125, Saint Paul, MN 55103.

Recipient will be recognized on April 9 at the Delegate Assembly banquet.

Nominations must be received by March 22, 2010.

Nominator Name and Contact Information

NOMINATION BY                                                                                       

PHONE OR EMAIL              ________________________________

Nominee Information

NAME OF NOMINEE                                                                                 

UNIVERSITY                                                                                               

Reasons for Nomination
Please describe below how the nominee has improved the professional lives of LGBT faculty; and / or has improved the system to more equitably recognize, hire, retain, tenure and promote LGBT faculty; and / or has improved working conditions for LGBT employees; and / or has advocated within MnSCU and beyond on issues with substantial impact on LGBT employees; and / or has significant service in IFO leadership and has advocated within the IFO on issues with substantial impact on LGBT faculty.

The nominee has contributed to the advancement of LGBT issues in the following ways (please attach additional sheets if necessary):