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2025 ESP, Xi Chapter Awardees and Conference Speaker
2025 ESP, Xi Chapter Awardees and Conference Speaker
Visionary Leadership Award
Cameron Lowe
Early Career Service Award
Sally Dixon
Mid-Career Service Award
Mark Light
Distinguished Service Award
Sara Drake
Continued Service Award
Spring Williams-Byrd
Meritorious Support Award
Anna Martin
Administrative Leadership Award
Dr. Mark Blevins
Team Award
Dr. Barbara Worley & Dr. Biswanath Dari
International Award
Mark Light
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Applications that do not conform to the following guidelines shall be disqualified:
Nominations and a PHOTO of the individual/team must be submitted TOGETHER via email by the October 1 deadline.
Nominations must be limited to ONE page (front and back).
Nominations must be submitted in Microsoft Word. Margins must be 1 inch and information must be a minimum of 10 point font.
A summary statement MUST be completed for EACH award application. The summary statement should briefly highlight the application in 75 words or less.
Nominees for individual awards must be current members of ESP and have paid their due on or before October 1. Nominees for the Meritorious Support Award and State Friend of Extension are not required to be ESP members. To confirm membership, contact Anna Martin. akmart22@ncsu.edu
Team nominations and Diversity/Multicultural Recognition teams require at least 50% of the team members to be current ESP members.
Send completed awards applications and photos to Sally Dixon, Awards and Recognition Chair, via email to sally_dixon@ncsu.edu no later than 5pm, October 1.
REMINDER: All award applications and photographs MUST be received by October 1 at 5pm.
Bernadette Watts ESP Professional Improvement Scholarship
This $500 scholarship provides financial incentive and assistance for ESP members wishing to increase their professional competencies. The scholarship can be used for study leave, a graduate course or other projects contributing to professional improvement. Priority is given to those proposing study leave leading to a degree. Applicants must present strong professional improvement plans and be recommended by their supervisors. ESP members only.
This award honors an Extension professional who has demonstrated visionary leadership resulting in a new direction of Extension programs. ESP members only.
This award honors Extension employees with 3-10 years experience who has shown the ability to plan/deliver Extension programs in the work area. ESP membership not required.
This award honors an Extension professional with 10 to 20 years service who has contributed significantly to Extension programs in work area ESP members only.
This award recognizes an ESP member who has contributed significantly to state Extension program planning and delivery for more than 20 years. ESP members only.
Recognition is for an experienced Extension professional with 20-plus years of experience who has exhibited continued leadership, initiative, and excellence in Extension program planning, delivery, evaluation in program or administration, on a state, regional and/or national level in years after receiving the state DSA award. Data supporting measurable impacts of the candidate's work in meeting the needs of clientele will strengthen the nomination. An Extension professional will become eligible for this recognition five years after receiving the State ESP DSA recognition. ESP members only.
This award recognizes retired Extension professionals for continued contributions and outstanding service. ESP members only.
This award recognizes staff members who, over time, have shown support for Cooperative Extension's mission, program and professional staff. Such persons include secretaries, program assistants, print shop operators, computer operators, and others. The winner is not necessarily an ESP member.
Administrative Leadership Award
This honor recognizes an Extension professional who has shown noteworthy administrative enthusiasm, performance, and accomplishment during their Extension careers (10 years or more). Administrative leadership may be at the county, regional, state, program, department or national level. Documentation of the candidate's work in meeting the needs and furthering the efforts of supervised faculty, staff and/or program should be primary in this recognition. ESP members only.
This award recognizes a non-Extension person who has given outstanding public service and support to state Extension programs.
The team must have contributed significantly to the state's response to the National Initiatives. At least 50% of the team members eligible for ESP membership must be current members.
One individual and one team may be recognized each year for outstanding efforts and accomplishments in achieving and sustaining diversity in the Extension, programs and/or audiences. Diversity is defined as acknowledging, understanding, valuing and celebrating differences among people relative to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation. At least 50% of the team members eligible for ESP membership must be current members. An individual nominee must be current ESP member.
This award honors an ESP member who has contributed to Extension in other countries through state and/or overseas work. ESP members only.
This award recognizes a total Extension program concept by the county staff in resource utilization that results in significant changes in the lives and actions of county residents. All counties are eligible to submit applications, and one county per Extension district will be recognized.
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