Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to forward information for the 2018-2019 Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award.
The CAPE Award allows the Chancellor and University to honor academic professionals who demonstrate excellence in work, personal and professional contributions. Academic professional employees perform a wide range of critical functions for our campus community and beyond. They advise, counsel, and assist our students, faculty, and staff; provide critical administrative services; support our research laboratories and educational programs; and offer important outreach programs throughout the state.
Six awards are given annually and nominees are evaluated on three criteria highlighting work, personal, and professional contributions. Each winner of the CAPE Award will be honored at a reception hosted by the Chancellor, where they will receive a $1,000 award and a commemorative plaque.
This is an opportunity for us to honor those academic professionals who contribute so much to our campus, and I urge you or your staff to take the time to nominate academic professionals for the CAPE Award. Please forward this information to your faculty, academic professionals and other staff for their use in nominating deserving individuals. Full-time academic professionals with at least three years of full-time service at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign are eligible.
The deadline for submitting nominations on the CAPE nomination website, http://go.illinois.edu/capenomination, is 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2018. If you have any questions, please contact Elyne Cole, Senior Associate Chancellor for Human Resources at e-cole1@illinois.edu. Thank you for your continued support of academic professionals and your willingness to help honor their accomplishments.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Jones
Chancellor
