Award Nominations: Arnold B. Arons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring

This Award was established by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to honor the memory of Dr. Arnold B. Arons, long serving Trustee and Honorary Trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The Arnold B. Arons Award will be conferred periodically every two to five years as circumstances warrant to a WHOI Scientific Staff or Senior Technical Staff member who has demonstrated any or all of the following qualities during his/her participation in the education programs of the Institution:

• Sustained excellence in teaching.
• Sustained excellence in advising and/or mentoring.
• Exceptional promise in teaching, advising, or mentoring during early career involvement in the Institution’s education programs.

The Award will consist of a plaque engraved with the recipient’s name and a cash award. The recipient’s name will be engraved along with the date of receipt of the Award on a large plaque to be displayed in an appropriate manner in the Institution.

All members of the WHOI Scientific Staff and Senior Technical Staff (Research Specialists, Information System Specialists, Senior Engineers, Senior Research Specialists, Senior Information Systems Specialists and Principal Engineers), with the exception of the members of the Award Committee, are eligible for the award.

Nominations may be submitted by any WHOI employee, MIT/WHOI Joint Program student, WHOI postdoctoral appointee, MIT/WHOI Joint Program or WHOI alumni/ae. The Award Committee requests that nominations consist of:

1. A one or two page letter that addresses how the nominee’s activities at WHOI have fulfilled one or more of the award’s criteria (see above).
2. A full C.V. of the nominee that includes education activities such as teaching, advising, mentoring, and committee memberships both at WHOI and elsewhere.
3. Three letters of support for the nomination of one to two pages each. At least two of these letters should be from present or former WHOI employees, students, JP alumni/ae, or postdoctoral appointees.

All of the above documents should be sent to the Arnold Arons Award Committee c/o James Yoder, Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean, MS #31. Nominations are due by April 16, 2010. Questions about the award and nomination procedure should be directed to James Yoder (jyoder@whoi.edu) or Associate Dean James Price (jprice@whoi.edu).

The Award Committee will deliberate during late April and early May and will forward its recommendation to Dr. Susan Avery, WHOI President and Director, for her approval. The award will be presented at the Academic Convocation and Commencement to be held June 5, 2010 at WHOI.