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Call for nominations for the Mu Sigma Rho award for junior faculty
This award is given in recognition of a faculty member who has made significant contributions
to the success of undergraduate students in Statistics. Recipients will be early in their career; they will not yet be tenured, and they might or might not be in a tenure-track position.
George McCabe's mentoring of early-career faculty and impacts in statistical education are the
inspirations for this award. Throughout his 50 years at Purdue, George was active in mentoring
both faculty and students and was pivotal in the growth and success of Purdue University's
Statistical Consulting Service. His accessible books on the "Practice of Statistics" (co-authored
with David Moore et al.) have been used by countless students, for more than 30 years. George
dedicated a great deal of time to the success of Mu Sigma Rho, including serving as President
during 2011-2013.
Each nomination should include:
(1) a cover letter,
(2) the nominee's curriculum vitae,
(3) a summary of the nominee's teaching and educational activities,
(4) a draft of a citation briefly describing the nominee's accomplishments, and
(5) three letters supporting the nomination. At least one letter should come from a colleague
of the nominee.
If a nominee is not selected for the award for 2023, the nomination will remain active for the
following year 2024, unless the nominating institution chooses to put forward another nominee.
The recipient of the award will be notified around mid-March 2023 and will be presented a
plaque at JSM
Nominations should be sent to Charlie Smith, MSR VP, at bmasmith@ncsu.edu by Monday,
February 6, 2023. Please include all nomination material in a single PDF document. 

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Call for nominations for the Mu Sigma Rho William D. Warde Statistics Education Award
Mu Sigma Rho invites academic institutions to nominate outstanding teaching faculty for the
2023 Mu Sigma Rho William D. Warde Statistics Education Award. The recipient must have
evidence of excellence in classroom teaching in the statistics discipline and must have a lifetime
devotion to statistics education. Each academic institution is allowed one nomination per year. In the event that more than one nomination is received from a single institution in a year, only the first will be considered. Any college or institution may nominate a potential recipient regardless of whether the institution has an active Mu Sigma Rho chapter.
Each nomination should include:
(1) a cover letter,
(2) the nominee's curriculum vitae,
(3) a summary of the nominee's teaching and educational activities,
(4) a draft of a citation briefly describing the nominee's accomplishments, and
(5) at least three but no more than six letters supporting the nomination. At least two of these
letters should come from present or former students, and at least one letter should come
from a colleague of the nominee.
If a nominee is not selected for the award for 2023, the nomination will remain active for the
subsequent two years (2024 and 2025) after the initial submission, unless the institution chooses
to put forward another nominee.
Nominations should be sent to Charlie Smith, MSR VP, at bmasmith@ncsu.edu by Monday,
February 6, 2023. Please include all nomination material in a single PDF document.
The recipient of the award will be notified around mid-March 2023 and will be presented a
plaque at JSM. Questions regarding this award should be emailed to Charlie Smith at
bmasmith@ncsu.edu.