Nominations are now open for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems outstanding service awards, including the Shynkaryk Service Award (staff) and Richards Service Award (faculty). These awards will be presented at our Faculty Party on Tuesday, December 9.  Nominees should be LFS staff or faculty members who meet the following criteria: consistently provides excellent service to students, faculty and staff, accomplished tasks with good humour and grace, works extremely well with others, and always goes one step further on every project. Nominations should include the name of the nominator, name of nominee and 3 or more reasons for the nomination (with examples).  Please send nominations to Melanie Train (melanie.train@ubc.ca) by Friday, November 28.