Information Technology Awards
Overview
The Office of the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Information
Technology) has created five awards to recognized the outstanding efforts of
the University of Alberta's talented information technology faculty, staff,
and students.
The awards are:
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The
Information Technology Distinguished Career Award
recognizes one non-academic or academic person for their outstanding
contributions to advancing the University's IT agenda.
One award is given annually.
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The
Information Technology Leadership Award
recognizes one non-academic or academic person for demonstrating outstanding
technology leadership to their unit and/or their contributions to the campus
community.
One award is given annually.
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The
Information Technology Innovation Award
recognizes one non-academic person, one academic person, or one team for their
innovative use of hardware and/or software technology in support of research,
teaching, administration, and/or the campus experience.
One award is given annually.
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The
Information Technology Project Award
recognizes a team effort (composed of students, non-academics, and/or
academics) to successfully deploy a major IT project with significant
impact to the IT environment offered by a unit or to the campus.
One award is given annually.
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The
Information Technology Unsung Hero Award
recognizes a non-academic staff member who has made a significant and
largely unrecognized contribution to the quality of the IT environment
offered by a unit and/or to the campus.
Two awards are given annually.
Awards Committee
The awards will be determined by a committee consisting of the following
members:
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Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Information Technology) - Chair;
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Representative from the Office of the Vice Provost and Associate Vice
President (Information Technology);
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Representative from AICT;
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Representative from AIS;
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Representative from the IT Leaders group; and
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Representatives from the Information Technology Advisory Committee (2).
Once members of the committee see the award nominations, they must declare
any conflicts of interest.
Those seen to be in a conflict by the Chair will be excused for all
deliberations concerning awards related to the conflict.
Awards
For each award (regardless of the number of recipients) the awardee(s) will
receive a plaque recognizing the awardee(s)'s accomplishment(s) and a
gift from the book store (value less than $100).
The awards were announced at the beginning of May and presented at the
Campus Computing Symposium on May 9, 2013.