All members of the College community including affiliates, are invited and encouraged to submit nominations for the 2021-2022 Dolphin Awards.
The deadline for submission is Friday, Apr. 8, 2022.
The Dolphin Award, instituted in 1980, is given by the President to select faculty, staff, and students in recognition of their contributions and achievements. Up to 2019, the awards were bestowed annually and formally presented on the day of the College’s Commencement. After the last two tumultuous years, the 2022 Commencement will once again take place in-person, and with it the Dolphin Award is returning.
For all Dolphin Awards, the committee will consider length of service, a sustained contribution over many years, or an exceptional recent contribution.
A detailed statement of the achievements of the candidate should support the nominations. Nominators must provide a written statement (on the online form) outlining the primary contributions and provide supporting documentation that is relevant to the nomination category. The focus areas outlined in the CSI Strategic Plan 2017-2022 provide exciting opportunities and dimensions to emphasize individual contributions by the nominee(s) to our institutional priorities.
In all cases, any records related to personnel information (i.e., salary information or an official review by the candidates supervisor) should not be included in the nomination package.
Where to Send Nominations
Please email your nomination materials to the attention of Katrina Fama (AcademicAffairs@csi.cuny.edu) by Apr. 8, 2022. For questions related to Dolphin Awards, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs (718.982.2440).
I. Award Categories and Suggested Documents
- Outstanding Scholarly Achievement by a Member of the Full-Time Faculty (includes, teaching, Library, and student services faculty). Documents to be included with nomination: Current curriculum vitae and letters of support from colleagues and/or peers.
- Outstanding Teaching by a Member of the Full-Time Faculty (includes only teaching faculty). Documents to be included with nomination: Current curriculum vitae, letters of support from colleagues, peers, students, and/or alumni and peer/student evaluations. (Peer or student evaluations can be sent only by permission of the candidate.)
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Member of the Full-Time Faculty. Documents to be included with nomination: Current curriculum vitae and letters of support from colleagues and/or peers.
- Outstanding Teaching by a Member of the Adjunct Faculty (includes only teaching faculty). Documents to be included with nomination: Current curriculum vitae, letters of support from colleagues, peers, students, and/or alumni and peer/student evaluations. (Peer or student evaluations can be sent only by permission of the candidate.) Please note that the individual who has been nominated must have taught as an adjunct in the 2020-2021 academic years.
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Member of the Non-Teaching Instructional Staff in the HEO Title. Documents to be included with nomination: Letters from supervisors and/or colleagues.
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Member of the Non-Teaching Instructional Staff in Specialist Titles (CLT, OIT, Finance, etc.). Documents to be included with nomination: Letters from supervisors and/or colleagues.
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Member of a Full-Time Non-Instructional Staff in Clerical Functions. Documents to be included with nomination: Letters from supervisors and/or colleagues.
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Member of the Non-Instructional Staff in Maintenance, Operations, Security. Documents to be included with nomination: Letters from supervisors and/or colleagues.
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Member of the Part-Time Non-Teaching Staff. Documents to be included with nomination: Letters from supervisors and/or colleagues.
- Outstanding Service and Contribution to the College by a Currently Enrolled Student. The student must be in good standing. Documents to be included with nomination: Letters from faculty, staff members, and/or students.
11. NEW: Agent of Change toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Social Justice by Members of the College Community (faculty, staff, students, groups, offices, teams, etc.). Two awards: One individual and one team/group award. Documents to be included with nomination: Letters of support from colleagues, peers, students, and/or alumni. Letters of support should include qualitative and/or quantitative evidence that the nominated community members (individuals and groups) have significantly furthered CSI’s mission through any the following:
· Creating/supporting/contributing to a campus climate that encourages and supports the expression of diverse perspectives, ways of being, and belonging;
· Fostering the academic/personal success of groups that have been underserved and underrepresented in higher education;
· Pursuing equitable, anti-racist pedagogies in classrooms and in student support services to help close equity gaps;
· Preserving the well-being among CSI students, faculty, and staff by helping to prevent harassment, bullying, and discrimination;
· Significantly contributing to the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, staff, and/or students;
· Enriching the campus identity by helping to elevate the diverse voices and experiences of its community members.
II. Eligibility for Nomination
All active members of the College faculty and staff, including those on tax levy and non-tax levy payrolls working at the College, and current students are eligible for nomination. Self-nominations are discouraged.
Past award recipients are eligible for nomination in categories other than the one(s) in which the award was previously conferred. Members of the selection committee are not eligible for nomination.
III. 2022 Dolphin Awards Committee
The committee is currently being constituted and will be announced shortly.
Following the deliberations, the committee will submit its recommendations to the President for his decision.
By J. Michael Parrish
