CUNY Council on World Language Study
Awards and Scholarship Committee (Fall 2007)
Since 2007 the CUNY Council on CUNY Council on World Language Study
(CCWLS) annually recognizes faculty members who have made outstanding contributions
to the foreign language field at CUNY. Outstanding contributions may include service to the
Council, publications, presentations, excellence in teaching, leadership, dissemination of
foreign culture through the arts, etc. The CUNY Council on World Language Study
Award for Contributions to the Profession is awarded to full and part time faculty and
recognizes a sustained and distinguished record of achievement in the profession. At the
last meeting of the academic year in May, a ceremony will be held to honor the individual(s)
chosen by the CUNY Council Award and Scholarship Committee. The selection process
begins with nominations of individuals who have provided outstanding contributions to our
profession and have actively participated as members of CCWLS for at least 3 years.
Nominations are to be made by December 20th of each year for awards in the following
spring. Nominations are made by departments that are members of CCWLS who write a
brief letter of support and forward up-to-date curricula vitae, copies of publications, and/or
evidence of professional presentations and creative works to the CUNY Council Award and
Scholarship Committee. This committee will consist of five council representatives from
different institutions, currently Alicia Ramos (Hunter College), Debra Popkins (Baruch
College), Liliana Soto-Fernández (John Jay), Lorena Ellis (QCC). The award winner(s) will
be announced in the first meeting in the spring. Please fill out the attached coversheet when
submitting your nomination.
Form available at: http://qcpages.qc.edu/cunyfl/awards.php and at http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/ForeignLanguages/LEllis/default.htm
To: CUNY Council Awards and Scholarships Committee
Attn. Dr. Lorena B. Ellis
Professor of German
Dept. of Foreign Lang. and Literature
Queensborough Community College
222-05 56 Avenue, H214
Bayside, NY 11364-1497
LEllis@qcc.cuny.edu
From: _________________________ _______________________
Print name Institution
I nominate ____________________________________ (name) from
__________________________________________ (Institution) as a
candidate for the CUNY Council on World Language Study (CCWLS)
Award for Contributions in the Profession.
Enclosed is a copy of the updated curriculum vitae and evidence of
sustained record of scholarship, presentations, creative works, etc.
______________________________________ _____________
Signature
Date
Form available at: http://qcpages.qc.edu/cunyfl/awards.php and at http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/ForeignLanguages/LEllis/default.htm