School of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Service Award

The School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Service Award recognizes outstanding service contributions to departments, programs and the university by members of the School of Arts & Sciences faculty. An awardee is chosen annually to recognize and celebrate exceptional uncompensated service that has benefited the university.

Any member of the School of Arts & Sciences faculty or staff may submit a nomination. Nominees should possess a substantial and continuing record of university service. Please detail specific accomplishments and briefly describe how recent contributions have had a positive impact on the university. 

Nominations are due March 1 of each year. The award includes a cash prize of $2,500 to be presented at the April faculty meeting. If you have questions about the School of Arts & Sciences Faculty Service Award, please email Kayla Whitehurst.

Eligibility

All tenure-line and renewable contract faculty in the Divisions of Creative Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences are eligible to be nominated for the School of Arts & Sciences Faculty Service Award.

Award Committee

The Award committee consists of the Dean of Arts & Sciences and the Division Heads for Creative Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

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2024 Recipient

Sabine von Mering

Professor of German and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Director of the Center for German and European Studies

Nominator Comments

• "Sabine has become a recognized leader on the Brandeis campus and beyond with regard to matters of climate change, sustainable development and anti-Semitism in Europe. She is not a traditional scholar, but rather a thoughtful activist, one who is passionate but also, and this is rare I think, able to listen carefully and debate with courtesy."
• "Sabine helps us (her colleagues, her students, her friends) not lose hope and not feel powerless in the face of the grim mood that conversations about climate change often have. The sense of optimism she brings to these conversations is much, much needed and is contagious."
• "As head of the Center for German and European Studies, Sabine brings a very wide range and very long list of guest speakers to campus. These speakers help to connect IGS students (and others, of course) to issues they typically only know second-hand. They widen our students’ perspective on Europe considerably and have been invaluable, especially since Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
• "She inspires the best from all who work with her and is a relentless and optimistic cheerleader to colleagues, students, peers and community members."

Past Recipients