Submit nominations now for YMG awards!
The Young Members Group of the American Nuclear Society is accepting nominations for the two YMG national awards. Each award will be presented at the ANS Winter Conference.
The two awards are the Advancement Award and the Excellence Award.
The Advancement Award is granted to an individual or group who has:
- Increased membership participation of young members
- Created leadership or experience opportunities for young members
- Trained or mentored young members
- Raised funding for young members
- Publicly supported the cause of young members
- Taken other actions to get young members involved with ANS on a national level
Special consideration is given to those whose actions have far-reaching effects, such as influencing a large number of young members or setting a public example for young member outreach.
The Excellence Award recognizes a young member who has demonstrated overall excellence in a variety of areas. It is presented to an individual who:
- Is a member of the ANS YMG
- Is involved with ANS on a national level
- Actively advances the goals of the ANS YMG
- Displays outstanding non-technical skills as well as technical or managerial ability
- Is recognized by others in their field
- Demonstrates high quality and safety standards
- Positively represents nuclear science and technology to the general population
Continued demonstrations of excellence should be emphasized.
Nominees must be YMG members-less than 36 years old or within five years of graduation at the time of nomination.
Past recipients can be found here.
More information is available at the ANS Web site for the Advancement Award and the Excellence Award, along with nomination forms and instructions.
The deadline for nominations is July 1-make your nomination now!
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Gnadt
Tim Gnadt has been the chair of the YMG Awards and Recognition Committee since January 2011, and a member of the YMG since November 2009. He is active duty in the US Navy and works as an instructor at its prototype training facility in upstate New York.
