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Wilson College of Textiles 
Wilson College Awards Information

Outstanding Extension and Engagement Awards


Important Dates:

12.16.24 Packages are due to department/unit heads – contact your department/unit head for what is required
1.06.25 Full packages are due to the Award Review Group – department/unit heads submit nominations (up to 2) – nominees to email materials to Xiangwu Zhang and Andre West
1.27.25 Award Review Group selects college nominations; all nominees are notified; comments and suggestions on packages are due to the college nominees
2.03.25 Final packages are due to the dean’s office – nominees to email them to the dean’s EA
2.10.25 Packages are due to the university – Dean’s EA will submit

Wilson College of Textiles Nomination Limit: 2

Award Review Group (* by position): (previous faculty ext/eng winner), (previous staff ext/eng winner), Behnam Pourdeyhimi*, Xiangwu Zhang*, Andre West*

Award Website: https://oe.ncsu.edu/outstanding-awards/

Award Information
These awards encourage and recognize outstanding extension and engagement activities by faculty and EHRA employees of NC State University. They are parallel in intent to the University’s Outstanding Teaching Awards. The award recipients will become nominees for induction into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty in Extension and Engagement and also be considered to receive an Alumni Award.

Eligibility
Any full-time faculty or EHRA employee of the University is eligible except school deans or the top extension administrator of a college, school, or division who devotes substantial time to extension, engagement, and economic development duties/activities. Faculty or EHRA whose primary responsibility is teaching, research or the execution of extension work, as well as academic department heads, are eligible. For clarification, the only persons specifically not eligible are:

  • College/School Deans
  • Vice Provost of Outreach & Engagement
  • Vice Provost of Continuing Education
  • Director of Economic Development Partnership
  • Director of Small Business Technology Development Center
  • Director of Cooperative Extension Service
  • Director of Industry Expansion Solutions
  • Program Director of Textiles Extension and Applied Research
  • Director of Continuing and Professional Development
  • Director of DELTA
  • Director of McKimmon Conference and Training Center
  • Director of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

College deans or top-level extension administrators may develop additional eligibility guidelines, if the need arises.