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Distinguished Service

The Distinguished Service Award is one of the most significant recognition that Miami has to offer for employees who have made a significant impact on the life and mission of 黑料社区.

Selection Criteria

Nominees for this award must meet the following criteria:

  • Current member of Miami's faculty, classified/unclassified staff, or administration; or a retiree of no longer than three (3) years
  • Record of service that has made a significant impact on the life and mission of 黑料社区
  • Recognition across a large community at Miami for service to 黑料社区s, a specific department, school, or campus, or to the University as a whole
  • Length, scope and diversity of service contributions.

Nomination

Ordinarily, the nominee should have at least twelve (12) years of service to 黑料社区. Consideration for this award also requires a minimum of two letters of nomination from people representing at least two distinct University constituencies (e.g., departments, divisions, 黑料社区 organizations, staff organizations). These letters should convey the various positions the candidate has held or tasks in which the candidate has participated. The letters should also describe in detail ways in which this individual has made a significant and diverse contributions to a broad community at 黑料社区.

The call for nominations for the Distinguished Service Award is issued every other year (years beginning with odd numbers: 2023-2024, 2025-2026 etc.), alternating with the University Distinguished Professor Award. It is presented to no more than two recipients.

The next award will be given in 2025-2026. Nomination materials for 2026 should be sent on or before Nov. 1, 2025 to awards@MiamiOH.edu. 

Selection Process

The Awards and Recognition Committee, an advisory committee of University Senate, reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to the University president, who makes the final selection.

Recognition

Award recipients will be recognized at a major awards reception hosted by the President and Provost typically in March.

Distinguished Service Award Recipients

2022

Whitney Womack Smith, Professor, Department of English and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing
Cameron Hay-Rollins, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology

2020

Michael Curme, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Suesann Sepela, Tutoring and Learning Centers, Regional Student Services

2018

Diane Delisio, Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering & Computing
Randi Thomas, Director of Institutional Relations

2016

Jerome Conley, Dean and University Librarian
Wanita Hatton, College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences, Retiree

2014

Kip Alishio, Director, Student Counseling Services, Health Services Center
Becky Dysart, Director, Staff Development, Department of Human Resources

2012

Carolyn Haynes, Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies
John Skillings, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics

2010

Milt Cox, Professor Emeritus, Director of the Lilly Conference on College Teaching
Claudia Scott-Pavloff, Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Science

2008

Susan Mosley-Howard, Associate V.P. of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Judith Sessions, Dean of University Libraries

2007

Robert Johnson, Professor Emeritus
Jack Keegan, Professor of Botany

2006

Joseph Urell, Associate Provost Emeritus

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