Call for Nominations, 2013

Adaora Adimora, the 2011 Mary Turner Lane Award winner.

Nominations are now (as of March 7, 2013) being accepted for the 2013 Mary Turner Lane Award.  The deadline to nominate is Friday, March 29, 2013.

The Mary Turner Lane Award recognizes a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the lives of women on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

“Outstanding contribution” is interpreted broadly, touching all areas of the lives of women, including students, faculty, staff, and administrators, on our campus. It includes, but is not limited to, achievements that enhance women’s lives through the following: scholarship, teaching, leadership, health services, social services, political activism, professional advancement, program development, and staff support.

The award is named to honor Mary Turner Lane, founding director of the Curriculum in Women’s Studies and the first recipient of the award.

Click here to submit a nomination.

This year’s recipient will be honored at the annual AWFP Spring Luncheon, May 2, 2013 at the Carolina Inn.

 About the award

Mary Turner Lane

AWFP presents The Mary Turner Lane Award annually to a woman judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the lives of women on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. “Outstanding contribution” is interpreted broadly, touching all areas of the lives of women (students, faculty, staff, administrators) on campus. It includes, but is not limited to, achievements that enhance women’s lives through the following: scholarship, teaching, leadership, health services, social services, political activism, professional advancement, program development, and staff support.

The award, established in 1986, is named to honor Mary Turner Lane, founding director of the Curriculum in Women’s Studies and the first recipient of the award. Sadly, Mary Turner Lane passed away in 2009.

Past Recipients