This award was established to honor those who create and nurture healthy communities within CAFNR. The recipient helps to cultivate a welcoming, open-minded and vibrant environment to facilitate pathways to success for all.

This commitment to cultivating community can be realized in many ways such as a commitment to

1. Recruitment and retention of students, faculty staff from different backgrounds and perspectives,
2. Establishing an environment that recognizes and encourages community,
3. Promoting and fostering of community programs such as mentoring, support networks, internship programs, training and
4. Developing accountability/tracking methods to quantify efforts.

Nominations

Annual Deadline: March 1

Submit nominations in a single PDF attachment via email to Samniqueka Halsey at samniquekahalsey@missouri.edu. Name the file as: Year_InclusionAward_LastFirstName (e.g., 2023_InclusionAward_TigerTruman). In the email subject line indicate Inclusion Cultivator Award Nomination.

• Use 12 pt. font, 1” margins, and single space within paragraphs.
• No longer than 4 full pages in length.

Eligibility requirements for the Inclusion Cultivator Award are as follows.

You must be:

• affiliated with CAFNR

Nomination packets must include:

1. Nomination/Cover Letter that describes how the nominee is an Inclusion Cultivator, examples of specific characteristics that qualify this person for the award, and contributions that the nominee has made toward diversity, inclusion, equity and compassion (limited to one page).
2. Supporting letters (limited to three) from students and/or colleagues (each letter is limited to one page).

Please contact Samniqueka Halsey, samniquekahalsey@missouri.edu, with any questions.