Nominations for the 2025 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award open March 1, 2025 and close May 31, 2025.
This award was established by the University of Alabama at Birmingham to recognize one of its faculty who has rendered outstanding service in the Birmingham community in one or more of the following areas:
- Education
- Economic development
- Health care delivery
- The arts
- Social services
- Human rights
- Urban and public affairs
Eligibility
To be eligible, a person must currently hold a full-time regular faculty appointment at UAB, as defined by the UAB Faculty Handbook, and have completed at least one academic year in this position. A person may receive the award only once in any five-year period.
The recipient of the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award will be recognized at the annual Faculty Awards Convocation and will receive a $2,500 cash award.
A nomination package should consist of a brief letter of nomination, the faculty member’s curriculum vitae, a one- to two-page description of the community service for which the award is sought, and a maximum of five letters of recommendation. It is requested that nomination packets be in an electronic format and submitted via the form that will open below. Nominations for the award open March 1, 2025, and the deadline for receipt of nominations is May 31, 2025.
Questions?
For questions related to the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award, contact Office of the Provost at extension 934-0622 or by emailing jeddings@uab.edu or provost@uab.edu.
Past Recipients
2024 - Cora Causey
2023 - Shahid Mukhtar
2022 - Carmen Capó-Lugo
2021 - Janene Sims
2020 - Shauntice Allen
2019 - Monica L. Baskin
2018 - Cynthia Selleck
2017 - Michele Kong
2016 - Alison Chapman
2015 - James McClintock
2014 - Cynthia Ryan
2013 - Larry DeLucas
2012 - Stephen Yoder
2011 - Tamilane Blaudeau
2010 - Max Michael
2009 - Brian Geiger
2008 - John Thornton