We have created the Employee Recognition Program to honor employees in the division who support our mission through excellence in student retention, customer service, leadership, and morale building. Please take a moment to nominate a colleague to receive an Excellence Award.

Awards

Excellence Award for Student Retention

Criteria:

  • Seeks ways to continually remove barriers when interacting with students
  • Identifies creative ways to positively impact retention
  • Collaborates effectively across units to help students persist
  • Nominator’s description of why the employee should receive this award, including specific examples and the criteria.

Excellence Award for Customer Service

Criteria:

  • Interacts in a friendly and helpful manner with both students and colleagues even when having a bad day
  • Goes above and beyond to assist individual students as needed
  • Suggests new ways to improve the quality of services to students
  • Nominator’s description of why the employee should receive this award, including specific examples and the criteria.

Excellence Award for Leadership

Criteria:

  • Demonstrates ability to creatively problem-solve
  • Shows willingness to assist beyond normal expectations
  • Develops trust and credibility through open, respectful communication and demonstrating accountability
  • Nominator’s description of why the employee should receive this award, including specific examples and the criteria.

Excellence Award for Morale Building

Criteria:

  • Demonstrates concern for morale of colleagues
  • Offers support assistance, and encouragement to colleagues
  • Demonstrates positive and productive attitude even in difficult situations
  • Nominator’s description of why the employee should receive this award, including specific examples and the criteria.

Eligibility

  • Must be an employee of Student Affairs for at least six months.
  • Must have not received any disciplinary notice or action within the past 12 months

Selection committee

  • Comprised of senior leadership
  • Committee members are ineligible to be nominated
  • Will review and score the nominations
  • Vice Chancellor has final say over award selection

Selection process

Following the close of nominations for that time period, senior leadership will review nominations and make selections based on rubric.