Nomination for Maryann Hartman Award
Women's Studies Program
University of Maine
Deadline: Friday, July 4, 2014
It is the responsibility of the nominator to provide the Maryann Hartman Awards Committee with
sufficient information regarding the nominee such as biographical material or a vita/resume. This
nomination form is required along with any other support information. If for any reason you are not
comfortable completing this nomination form by hand, we will accept nominations over the phone.
Please call Julie Riley or Mazie Hough at 581-1225 for more information on phone nominations.
Nominations can also be sent via email to Julie.Riley@umit.maine.edu, provided you send us
supporting materials in some fashion.
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Name of Nominee: _______________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________
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Telephone Number: ______________________________________________
2.
In what field(s) are the nominee's accomplishments?
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3.
What accomplishment(s)/achievement(s) make this candidate worthy of receiving a Maryann
Hartman Award? Please include recent as well as historical information. (Please respond on
additional pages.)
4.
What connection does this nominee have with Maine? (Please respond on additional pages.)
5.
Is there any reason why it is especially important for this nominee to receive this award
this year? (Please respond on additional pages.)
Nomination submitted by: ______________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________
Telephone Number
Home: ____________________ Work: __________________
Relationship (if any) to nominee: _________________________________________
Please send your nomination to:
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Attn: Maryann Hartman Awards Committee
University of Maine
5728 Fernald Hall, Room 101
Orono, ME 04469-5728
FAX (207) 581-1218
Maryann Hartman Awards
Since its creation in 1986, the Maryann Hartman Awards Ceremony has been an annual event celebrating
the significant contributions of Maine women locally and nationally in a variety of fields. This award was
named after Dr. Maryann Hartman, who was an associate professor of speech communication at the
University of Maine from 1969 to 1980. She was recognized as a pioneer in the field of oral
interpretation. Her work included research on women's communicative acts from historical, rhetorical,
and aesthetic perspectives; comparisons of language patterns of Maine women and men born before 1900;
oral autobiographies of Maine women born before 1900; and the use of oral interpretation to influence
public policy. Teacher, scholar, advocate, friend, mother and woman of courage and vitality, Maryann
Hartman died of cancer in 1980 at the age of 53.
Nominee Criteria
This award is given annually to three distinguished Maine women who demonstrate the levels of
attainment now possible for women. Our committee looks for women with a significant relationship to
Maine but does not limit nominees only to native Maine women. We look for the diversity in interests,
service, geographic location, and culture that best represents Maine. Strong leadership and role modeling
in the nominee's work are also important. Our committee would like candidates who will reflect and
honor Maryann's commitment to women, her values, and her community. The only exception in this
nomination process is that local, state, or national government officials cannot be nominated while they
are running for office during an election year.
Nomination Process
Our committee has tried to make this nomination process as simple as it can possibly be, but we
acknowledge that not everything is perfect. The basic items that you must pay particular attention to are
the following:
Deadline: The deadline for nominations is July 4, 2014. Please do not turn in any nomination forms after
this date. We are expecting many nominations for this award and late entries only complicate our selection
process. Entries should be sent to the Women's Studies Program.
Supporting Materials: We do not need information on the nominee in exact resume or curriculum vitae
form. We do ask, however, that you give the committee something that explains what the nominee has done
throughout her life and career. This may be a summary of her education, her work, and any awards she may
have received. More formal materials are also recommended (although not required). These might include
newspaper articles or recommendations and letters of support from others who know the candidate, such as
colleagues or friends. We want whatever information you have--everything we have will be considered
during the selection process.
Nomination Form: Please be sure that you use a separate form for each nomination you make.
To find out if your suggestion has been nominated before or to request a nomination form,
call 581-1228 or visit our website: http://umaine.edu/womensgenderandsexualitystudies/
Award Selection and Ceremony
We will be selecting recipients in August. If your nominee is accepted, we will notify you at this time. If
she is not, her nomination will automatically be carried over for one additional year. We want to thank all
who went through the time and trouble of making a nomination. We will let you know our final decision
and the date of the ceremony, which we hope you will attend. The awards ceremony will be held in
October or November of 2014, and the nominee must be able to attend the ceremony to receive her award.
If she is unable to attend, the award will be given to another candidate. Again, thank you for all your
submissions, and we hope to see you at the awards ceremony!