Enhancing Community: Alumnus Award

This award recognizes a UCalgary Nursing graduate whose professional achievements in their field and outstanding personal accomplishments have sparked positive change in the health system through patient care, research, or health-care-related services. Their connection and collaboration with the community has been inspirational.

Nomination Process

Nominations are welcomed from anyone within or outside the Faculty of Nursing. The nominee must be a graduate of the Faculty of Nursing (undergrad or graduate or both) and agree to the nomination. A completed nomination form must be accompanied by one signed letter of reference and speak directly to the criteria. The letter may be from the nominator.

Only completed nominations will be accepted (see the nomination form for details). If your nomination is missing any of the supporting documentation, it will be returned to you for completion if there is time.

Use Criteria with Examples

We strongly encourage you to explicitly incorporate the criteria of the specific award with clear examples for each criteria when writing your letter of nomination or support. This not only assists you, as nominator, to highlight the important and relevant attributes of your nominee, it gives the selection committee very clear details about the qualifications of the candidate with examples of their achievements and enhances the overall nomination.

Please Reference the Correct Award and Category

We know many people are asked to submit letters of support for deserving nominees for a UCalgary Nursing Spark Award. We also recognize that many of you write multiple letters for the same person for different awards. We, therefore, ask you to please carefully proofread your letter so that you are making reference to supporting your nominee for a Spark Award ONLY (not a U Make a Difference, a President’s Award for Excellence in Student Leadership, etc).

While referring to another award may not disqualify your candidate, it does not reflect positively on your commitment to the nomination for a UCalgary Nursing Spark Award.

• Contributes to the field of nursing and demonstrates commitment, dedication and service to their community and/or UCalgary Nursing alumni
• Serves their community and acts as an inspirational role model to others
• Creatively exchanges nursing knowledge to enrich the lives of others
• Acts as an ambassador for UCalgary Nursing through volunteerism or their inspirational representation as a UCalgary Nursing graduate