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Honors and Recognition Committee
2010–2012 term
Chair
Rana Fine, University of Miami, Key Largo, Florida
Members
Achim Herrmann, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Prasanta Kalita, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Judith Ann McKenzie, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Eiji Ohtani, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Carle Pieters, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Staff Liaison
Beth Paredes
The Honors and Recognition Committee is charged with ensuring that the AGU Honors Program is superior in all respects, recognizes all constituencies, and fosters a planet-wide network of individuals in the Earth and space sciences who epitomize excellence and cooperation in research, education and outreach.
Committee Charge
- Maintain oversight of the Union's honors and recognition programs at all levels—Union-wide, Section, Focus Group and committee;
- Regularly review the objectives of the medals and awards to make sure that they are well defined and that the honors ceremony and related activities are maximally effective;
- Review the nomination and selection policies/procedures to assure that the potential of honors programs at all levels is realized;
- Make sure that Section, Focus Group and committee recognitions of all types—as well as the associated medals, awards and certificates—are current, appropriate and balanced;
- Review proposals for new recognitions and suggest new recognition opportunities;
- Nominate Earth and space scientists for appropriate external awards;
- Review and make recommendations about appropriate program publicity to maximize visibility of the AGU, the program itself and the individual recipients; and
- Report on progress of the committee to the Board of Directors and Council twice per year, or more frequently as required
Work Plan for 2010–2012
- Examine past program data to determine whether the number and quality of AGU medal and award nominees is sufficiently high for vigorous competition;
- Based on the assessment of past program data, determine whether more proactive approaches to soliciting nominations of qualified candidate for awards and medals is needed; and
- Work with the Meetings and Fellows Committees to review formats for the award ceremonies at AGU meetings and to recommend revisions to award ceremony formats as necessary.
–July 2010