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Nominations Due Feb. 21 for Rathbun Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award

Nominations Due Feb. 21 for Rathbun Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award

February 7, 2025 | News, UToday
By Staff


Faculty members are encouraged to nominate deserving colleagues for the Edith Rathbun Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award.

Nomination forms for the award are available at the Office of the Provost website and must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 21. Results will be announced in April. The recipient of the Edith Rathbun Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award will receive a $750 award.

The Rathbun Excellence Award was endowed through a generous and growing gift from Edith Rathbun, who worked 35 years as a secretary for the Sun Oil Co., and further gifts from campus and community donors. It recognizes outstanding outreach and engagement scholarship in any field, discipline, or area at The University of Toledo. Full-time faculty members in all colleges are eligible to receive the award.

For more information or questions, contact Monica Holiday-Goodman, faculty liaison in the Office of Community Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, at 419.383.1904 or by email at [email protected], as the primary contact. You may also contact Valerie Simmons Walston, special advisor to the provost for community engagement and strategic partnerships, at [email protected] as the secondary contact.