NCOLCTL Walton Award
Each year at the annual conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, the Walton Award is presented to an individual whose career has been distinguished by selfless service and noteworthy contributions to the fostering of less commonly taught language initiatives. Named after the late A. Ronald Walton, whose tireless efforts on behalf of less commonly taught languages are remembered fondly by all who knew him, the Walton Award will be presented at the NCOLCTL annual conference.
All individual paid members of NCOLCTL are invited to make nominations. Nominations will also be entertained from official representatives of any of the NCOLCTL member organizations in good standing.
Nomination Requirements:
a) A cover letter explaining why your nominee is a worthy candidate to receive the Walton Award. Also, state how his/her career has been characterized by selfless service and noteworthy contributions on behalf of less commonly taught languages.
b) Your nominee's curriculum vitae and
c) Names and email addresses of two colleagues who would be willing to provide references on behalf of the nominee in case they are requested by the Walton Award Selection Committee.
Note:
A LCTL organization or an individual needs to be a NCOLCTL paid member to be eligible to nominate a candidate. The selected candidate needs to register and make his/her own plans to attend the conference in order to receive the Award at the 2019 NCOLCTL annual conference at the Holiday Inn & Suites, Atlanta Airport North in April from the 26th to the 28th, 2019.
Previous Walton Award Winners
Year Recipient
2000 James Alatis
2001 Teresita Ramos
2002 Richard D. Brecht
2003 Laura Janda
2004 Laurel Rasplica Rodd
2005 Dora E. Johnson
2006 Ray T. Clifford & Leonard A Polakiewicz
2007 Thomas J. Hinnebusch
2008 Erika Gilson
2009 Michael E. Everson
2010 Antonia Y. Schleicher
2011 J David Edwards
2012 Frederick H. Jackson
2013 Hong Gang Jin
2014 Eyamba Bokamba
2015 Catherine Ingold
2016 Scott McGinnis
2017 Laura Kaplan Murray
2018 Alwiya Omar
2019 Danko Šipka