The University of Iowa Family Spirit Award


Calling all Hawkeyes! It’s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2024 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award.

The award recognizes a family—spanning at least three generations of Iowa graduates—that has substantially benefited from and continues to advocate for the university, as well as contributes toward bettering the state of Iowa and its communities.

The recipients of this award will receive the ultimate Hawkeye experience during Family Weekend, September 13–14, 2024, including 20 tickets to the Iowa football game against Troy.

To nominate a family, you will need to share:

  • The nominee’s name, as well as yours
  • Your relationship to the nominee
  • Family's patriarch and/or matriarch
  • Names of at least three family members to represent three generations of Iowa graduates
  • Why is this family deserving of the UI Family Spirit Award? (500 words or less)

Nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, April 30, 2024. You may submit your nomination online, or mail your nomination materials to:

The University of Iowa Center for Advancement
c/o University of Iowa Family Spirit Award
One West Park Road
Iowa City, Iowa 52242

View the past recipients.

For more information, contact Laurel Hall at family.spirit@foriowa.org or 319-467-3518.

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