2024 Presidential Awards for DEIB Excellence 

The Research, Scholarship, and Thought Leadership (RSTL) working group (within the UOPX President’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Council) sought nominations for the 2024 Presidential Awards for DEIB Excellence in the following three categories:

• Research (open to all within UOPX)
• Scholarship (non-research focused) (open to all within UOPX)
• Dissertation (open to all UOPX doctoral students)

These prestigious awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of those who have positively contributed to others through initiatives focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging Winners will be honored on Friday, October 18, 2024, during the annual Knowledge Without Boundaries Summit. We always encourage all within our University to submit a nomination (including self-nominations and the nominations of others) for these recognitions. Submissions were accepted by emailing evidence of performance to workplacediversity@phoenix.edu. 

Evidence of performance included:

• A publication or article
• A link to the published publication, article, or presentation
• A PowerPoint presentation
• A PDF of a dissertation

For this year's award consideration, activities should have been completed between August 2022 and August 2024.

The deadline for nomination submissions closed Friday, September 6, 2024 at 11:59 pm (Arizona Time). If you have questions about the 2025 Presidential Awards for DEIB Excellence or the nomination process, please contact workplacediversity@phoenix.edu.