Call for Nominations for TAD Awards!

Posted in: TAD President's Corner by TAD Administration on February 6, 2007 | Comments Off

For the 2007 Texas Association of the Deaf Conference Nominations for Awards and Recognition, TAD announces three categories:

1) The Distinguished Service Award: To be given to a person whose voluntary services have made a significant cultural, artistic and social impact on the lives of deaf and hard of hearing Texans from 2005 to 2007.

2) The Golden Hand Award: To be given to a person or organization which has been actively involved in activities resulting in the overall betterment of deaf and hard of hearing people in general from 2005 to 2007. This is a joint NAD and TAD award.

3) The Education Award: To be given to a person who actively engaged in the education of the deaf, whether in an administrative, supervisory, instructional, or guidance professional capacity, whose work has contributed significantly to the field in the last two years.

Nominations may be emailed directly to Steve Baldwin at dfsmithtx@aol.com. At least three letters or messages of support for the candidate is required for all nominations. Deadline for the award nomination is April 30, 2007. The winners will be announced at the 44th Biennial TAD Conference banquet on June 24 at Arlington Hilton. Contact Steve Baldwin at the given email address if any questions.

Please go to the TAD website: www.deaftexas.org for information about the TAD exciting conference.

Contact persons: Steve Baldwin at dfsmithtx@aol.com for nominations and Kathy Walters at laddykat127@aol.com for conference information.