South Carolina Women in Higher Education

November 5, 2013

Dear College / University President / Chancellor / Dean:

South Carolina Women in Higher Education (SCWHE) invites you to nominate a qualified woman for the 2014 Martha Kime Piper Award. The award, named for the first woman president of a public higher education institution in the state, is given annually to recognize a woman with a record of advancing and supporting women in higher education and the education of women in South Carolina.

A committee of the Executive Board of South Carolina Women in Higher Education selects the Piper Award winner from among the nominees. The following criteria with percentage weights should be used in considering a nominee for the award.

1) The recipient must have a record of participation in and support for the activities of South Carolina Women in Higher Education (SCWHE). (35%)

2) The recipient must hold or have held a position in higher education in a South Carolina institution of higher education. (25%)

3) The recipient must have a record of advancing and supporting women in higher education and the education of women throughout the state of South Carolina. (20%)

4) The recipient must have achieved professional recognition for outstanding leadership and contributions to her institution or state. (20%)

Nominations should include:

a) A one-page letter of nomination describing how the nominee has fulfilled the criteria for selection with special emphasis on the nominee’s involvement in the S.C. Women in Higher Education

b) A current curriculum vitae

c) Two (2) letters of support.

Current members of the Executive Board of South Carolina Women in Higher Education are not eligible for nomination, nor may they make nominations. Former winners have included faculty members, administrators and presidents from a number of South Carolina institutions: Dr. Elizabeth Bell (USC Aiken), Dr. Joan Altekruse and Dr. Sue Rosser (USC Columbia), Dr. Sally Hare and Dr. Sally Horner (Coastal Carolina University), Dr. Mary Thornley (Trident Technical College), Dr. Ellen Wood Hall (Converse College), Dr. Sue Sommer-Kresse (College of Charleston), Dr. Anne McNutt (Technical College of the Lowcountry), Dr. Kathleen Noble (Aiken Technical College), Dr. Judith Prince (USC Upstate), Dr. Carolyn West and Dr. Kay McFarland (USC Columbia), Dr. Joann Boyd-Scotland (Denmark Technical College), Dr. Deidre Martin (USC Aiken), Dr. Susan Graham (Aiken Technical College), Dr. Dori Helms (Clemson University), Dr. Nancy T. Welch (Greenville Technical College), Dr. Caroline Whitson (Columbia College), Dr. Donna L. Richter, (USC Arnold School of Public Health), Dr. Jane Upshaw (USC Beaufort), Dr. Ann Bowles (Spartanburg Methodist College), and Dr. Christine Curtis (USC-Columbia).

The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 7, 2014. The award will be presented at the SCWHE annual conference on Thursday, February 27, 2014 in Columbia, SC. Nomination packets should be postmarked, emailed (), or faxed (843) 661-1202) to the Chair of the Selection Committee for the Piper Award, Charlene Wages, by midnight of the deadline date, February 7, 2014. For your convenience, a nominating form is noted below. If you have questions about the nomination process, please contact Charlene Wages, (843) 661-1146, .

Sincerely,

Charlene Wages, PhD

Vice President for Administration, Hugh K. Leatherman Professor of Public Service and Professor of Psychology, Francis Marion University and

President, South Carolina Women in Higher Education

Charlene Wages, PhD, President, Executive Board, South Carolina Women in Higher Education

Francis Marion University – 205 Stokes Administration Building - PO Box 100547, Florence, South Carolina 29502 -

Office: (843) 661-1146 Fax (843)661-1202

South Carolina Women in Higher Education is the state network of the

American Council on Education’s National Network for Women Leaders.

Nomination Form

2014 Martha Kime Piper Award

Awarded by South Carolina Women in Higher Education

Nominee

Name: ______

Title: ______

Institution: ______

Address: ______

Telephone: ______

Email: ______

Nominator

Name: ______

Title: ______

Institution: ______

Address: ______

Telephone: ______

Email: ______

Please attach:

1. One-page letter of nomination describing how nominee has fulfilled all criteria, with special emphasis on the nominee’s involvement in the S.C. Women in Higher Education

Current curriculum vitae
Two letters of support

Deadline for nominations is Friday, February 7, 2014. Complete nomination packets must be

postmarked, emailed, or faxed by midnight on the due date.

Send nominations to:

Charlene Wages, Chair, Piper Award Selection Committee

Francis Marion University

205 Stokes Administration Building

PO Box 100547

Florence, South Carolina 29502
Office: (843) 661-1146 Fax: (843) 661-1202