Faculty Community Service and Engagement Award
Purpose
This award acknowledges and celebrates a faculty member who is recognized for service and community engagement locally, regionally, nationally or internationally while also engaging School of Medicine learners (medical students, graduate students and residents/fellows) in these volunteer activities.
This recognition is for philanthropic service not related to compensated or contracted clinical or other work duties.
Description
The faculty recipient should be an individual who has volunteered significant time and service to the community and has influenced medical school learners’ knowledge, skills and attitudes related to community needs by engaging learners in service activities. Examples of activities include non-paid volunteering at community health fairs, supervising a free community clinic, engaging in food drives, or planning and establishing sustained community engagement activities that enhance the health and well-being of the community.
Eligibility
The nominee must be a tenure track or nontenure track faculty member at the UMKC School of Medicine for a minimum of five years.
Nomination Guidelines and Required Materials
Nominees may be nominated by UMKC staff, faculty, students, residents, fellows, administrators or community members. Self-nominations are also acceptable.
To be considered, the following information must be submitted:
- A nomination letter (no more than three pages)
- Must include a narrative about how the faculty’s community service and engagement activities have impacted the community and learners. Brief descriptions of the name of agencies/organizations served, services provided and time commitment, such as hours/week over a period of time, should be included. Focus on volunteer activities within the last five years. Please indicate whether the nominee has received an award for their service or if the program/organization has been recognized due to the efforts of the nominee. Specific client outcomes should also be included if available.
- Each nominator may only submit one faculty nominee.
- Each nominator is encouraged to solicit up to three additional letters of support for the nominee from persons influenced by or who directly benefited from the volunteer service.
- The nominee must submit a 1-2 page narrative about their volunteer service philosophy. The nominator must contact the nominee to provide required materials.
- Additional materials the nominee should provide include:
- Agencies or organizations served in the past five years, including descriptions of the activities; hours, months or years of service to each agency; and outcome measures, such as the number of clients served, amount of product distributed, etc.
- A list of the medical school learners (medical or graduate students, residents and fellows) that the nominee has engaged in service activities, including the time commitment of the learner.
- If applicable, include any award recognition of the nominee or the organization due to efforts from the faculty member. This could include a copy of the award, any publications regarding the organization/agency, etc.
Please download and complete this checklist, which should be submitted as the first page of a single PDF nomination:
Prior Winners
- 2024 – Laura Plencner, M.D.
- 2023 – Edwin Kraemer, M.D.
- 2022 – Alie Scholes, M.D., MHCM, FACEP