{"id":2988,"date":"2026-08-18T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/?page_id=2988"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:52:30","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n <section class=\"layout__section \" >\n\n <div class=\"layout__container\">\n <div class=\"layout__row\">\n \n <div class=\"col-12@xs\"><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b><span lang=\"en\">2026<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2997\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/walker-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/walker-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/walker.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Honoree: <a href=\"https:\/\/cssh.northeastern.edu\/faculty\/louise-walker\/\">Louise Walker<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2772 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Head-Shot-1-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Head-Shot-1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Head-Shot-1.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Honoree: <a href=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/people\/dee-spencer\/\">Dee Spencer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b><span lang=\"en\">2025<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2368\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/DCL-Headshot-NU2023-1-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/DCL-Headshot-NU2023-1-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/DCL-Headshot-NU2023-1-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/DCL-Headshot-NU2023-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Honoree: <a href=\"https:\/\/cssh.northeastern.edu\/faculty\/darcelle-lahr\/\">Darcelle Lahr<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Honorable Mention: Dee Spencer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"en\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Award Established: 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"en\">Description<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The Faculty Senate Office is pleased to announce the establishment of the Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award, a new annual recognition that honors exceptional contributions to shared governance through outstanding service in the Faculty Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Award recipients will have demonstrated a commitment to service through the Northeastern faculty senate. They may have done one or more of the following, at a scope and depth appropriate to their role:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Introduced senate resolutions, or led discussions, within the faculty senate that create value for the Northeastern community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Participated in or chaired a senate committee that has created a significant, positive impact for the faculty of Northeastern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Raised awareness of internal or external issues with current or future impact on Northeastern\u2019s faculty and staff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Facilitated effective communication between the Faculty Senate and their unit, ensuring awareness and engagement with key issues<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"x__6pmjvpftnoja\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"en\">Eligibility<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">This award recognizes distinguished service during the academic year. Any full-time faculty member who served as a faculty senator or on a faculty senate committee during that time is eligible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The awardees from the previous\u00a0<b>three years\u00a0<\/b>are ineligible to receive this award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The Faculty Senate forms an Award Committee to review nominations and choose awardees. Committee members are ineligible to receive this award, and they do not nominate others.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Honoree: Louise Walker Honoree: Dee Spencer 2025 Honoree: Darcelle Lahr Honorable Mention: Dee Spencer &nbsp; Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award Award Established: 2025 Description The Faculty Senate Office is pleased to announce the establishment of the Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award, a new annual recognition that honors exceptional contributions to shared governance through outstanding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/awards\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2988","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2988"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3005,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2988\/revisions\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.northeastern.edu\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}