The Employee Forum Community (Three Legged Stool) Award

Purpose

The Employee Forum Community Award (also known at the Three Legged Stool Award) is designed to recognize distinguished contributions by individuals who work to promote cooperation and collaboration among faculty, staff, and students.

Eligibility

Any member of the faculty, staff, or student body of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is eligible to be nominated and to vote for this award, except current members of the Employee Forum Recognition and Awards Committee.

Criteria for Nomination

Nominees should be individuals who inspire creativity; promote harmony and partnerships within the University community; inspire teamwork, cooperation and participation; demonstrate new approaches to current processes; encourage, mentor and build bridges; form alliances to work collectively; or any other significant community building activities.

The nomination process will open again in April 2024.

Nominations may be made at https://go.unc.edu/peer-recognition-2023.

Administration

Nominations (not to exceed 250 words) will be accepted from any member of the University community. When submitting nominations, please include the name of the nominee, how to contact the nominee (campus box number, phone, email address), your name and contact information, and the specific reasons you are nominating this individual. The Recognition and Awards Committee is responsible for reviewing the nominations and selecting the recipient.

Past winners include: James Peacock, Paul Hardin, Rachel Windham, Elson Floyd, Laurie Charest, Jack Evans, Linwood Futrelle, Susan Ehringhaus, Tommy Womble, Eric Mlyn, Archie Ervin, Willis Brooks, Bob Henshaw, Glynis Cowell, Sharbari Dey, Debra Hawkins, Baskin Cooper, Beverly Garcia, Jackson Szeto, Jeffrey Fuchs, and Rob Birrenkott.