The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards are given to individuals from WSU, UI and the surrounding communities who demonstrate commitment to racial harmony and equality in their day-to-day activities and interactions with others.
Since 1988, WSU has acknowledged campus and community members who “live Dr. King’s vision.” The UI campus has participated in the awards program since 2001.
The five nomination categories include faculty member, graduate student, undergraduate student, staff member and community member. Nominators must submit an essay explaining how an individual demonstrated his or her commitment to racial harmony and equality during the past year. Essays of 500 words or less can be sent to oma@uidaho.edu. The entry deadline is Jan. 10.
Nominators also must describe how the individual(s) exhibit unity to strive for and maintain unity in the family and the community, collective work and responsibility by building and maintaining community while taking on other people’s problems with a willingness to solve problems as a group, purpose work that builds and develops the community and ensures greatness among its members, and the creativity to do as much as possible in order to make the community more vibrant and successful now and in the future.
Award recipients will be recognized at a Jan. 18 banquet at 6 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom on the UI campus. Michael Tate, WSU interim vice president for equity and diversity, will speak at the event. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the WSU Multicultural Services office, CUB 51, or in the UI Office of Multicultural Affairs,
For more information about other MLK community events, visit the Web site at https://www.wsu.edu/MLK/index.html.
