Vice Dean Eve Higginbotham and SVP of HR Dwaine Duckett are pleased to announce the second year of the Champion in Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Award: An Award of Excellence and request nomination. The award is open to business units, departments, divisions, or institutional groups or organizations throughout Penn Medicine.  Nominations are due by December 17, 2021

Nominated entities should meet the following criteria, documenting progress over the past three years or less: 

• Has broadly demonstrated deep levels of commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity in ways that are grounded in principles of collaboration and shared leadership
• Uses formal assessment processes and data to co-develop programs and interventions that are responsive to the needs of inclusion, diversity and equity
• Evaluates the processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts of programs and initiatives in ways that are meaningful to a variety of internal and external institutional stakeholders 
• Incentivizes inclusion, diversity and equity activities and scholarship among faculty, trainees, and students as evidenced by leadership commitment and institutional policies

Nominations must include a letter of nomination, including data and narratives supporting the candidacy of the unit, of no more than 1500 words, as well as at least 2 letters of support. The successful application will be announced at the Office of Inclusion and Diversity’s Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium in January.

Please reach out to Corrinne Fahl at fahlc@upenn.edu with questions on submission,