Nominations

A UofL retiree, who is a former employee of the University of Louisville who worked the required number of years to be eligible for official UofL retirement and subsequently officially retired from the University of Louisville. Questions about the eligibility of a specific person will be addressed by the Employee Success Center during the review process.

Criteria

• Stature of service or scholarship: Following retirement from the University of Louisville, the nominee has given distinguished service or scholarship to the community in or beyond the University of Louisville, at the local, regional, state, national or international level. Service that draws upon the career discipline of the nominee may be considered.
• How have lives been impacted by the nominee’s service?
• How far has the impact of this service been felt (regional/state/national level)?
• To what extent has this service had an impact or improved the community served?
• Connection to the University of Louisville: Has the nominee’s service or scholarship been related in any way to UofL? For example, has the nominee’s connection to UofL been highlighted? Has the project itself become connected to the UofL

The award is based on contributions in scholarship or service to the community, including the University or the local, regional, national, or international community after retirement. These accomplishments may involve service to the university, career or professional activities, volunteer civic or community services or other achievements you believe the committee should consider.

Nominees shall be at least three years post-retirement, to have established a trajectory of distinguished community service post-retirement. While the retiree(s) may have continued in or returned to part-time employment at UofL, this award honors service that is not compensated by or through UofL. Compensated accomplishments are excluded from consideration for this service award.