While many of you will celebrate Valentines this weekend with your statistically significant other, a gentle reminder to remember a colleague who has made long-term significant contributions to statistical education. The deadline for nominations for the William Warde Mu Sigma Rho Award is Monday Feb. 15
https://www.stat.purdue.edu/msr/Award_warde_call2021.pdf
Call for nominations for Mu Sigma Rho William D. Warde Statistics Education Award
Mu Sigma Rho invites academic institutions to nominate outstanding teaching faculty for the 2021 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, the nomination will remain active for three years after the initial submission, unless the institution chooses to put forward another nominee. Nominations should be sent to Charlie Smith at bmasmith@ncsu.edu by Monday, February 15, 2021. Please include all nomination material in a single PDF document. The recipient of the award will be notified around mid-March, 2021, and will be presented a plaque during the Sunday award ceremony at JSM 2021 in Seattle, Washington, August 7-12, 2021 or at a virtual ceremony if JSM is virtual again. Questions regarding this award should be emailed to Charlie at bmasmith@ncsu.edu .
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Charles Smith
North Carolina State Univ.
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