This award recognizes any current faculty or staff member who has made significant contributions and improvements at SUNY Geneseo in one or more of the following ways:

- Advocating for changes to policies or procedures that exclude or marginalize LGBTQ+ communities

- Advocating for the inclusion of LGBTQ+ perspectives, issues, groups, or individuals in spaces, programs, curricula, and decision-making

- Demonstrating leadership in an organization, committee, initiative or program that serves LGBTQ+ communities

- Through active involvement in LGBTQ+ communities, organizations, and issues, including those pertaining to the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, age, religion, class, or culture

- Conducting outreach to other constituencies on campus in the community with the goal of forming collaborative relationships that benefit LGBTQ+ communities

- Creating spaces where LGBTQ+ people feel welcome, valued, and respected

- Serving as a leader, role model, advisor, or mentor to LGBTQ+ colleagues and students

- Teaching, publishing, and/or presenting on topics that advance knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ issues and communities

Nominations should include specific, demonstrable examples of how the nominee has met one or more of the above criteria. Nominations should include specific, demonstrable examples of how the nominee has met one or more of the above criteria. While off-campus advocacy and activism may strengthen an application, this award is intended to recognize on-campus contributions first and foremost.