Nomination Form
This award is given to a staff member or team of staff who consistently provides high-quality service to the college. The recipient of this award demonstrates a level of performance, methods, and achievements that exemplify the highest standards of support to the college and its varied personnel, including administration, alumni, faculty, staff, students and visitors. The recipient will be given a cash award of $500 along with a certificate. In the case of a team award, the team will receive a cash award of $500 that will be equally divided among the team with no team member receiving less than $100. The college is not obligated to make an award every year.
Eligibility: Nominees must be employed by the College of IST for a minimum of one year as of the nomination deadline. Any full-time IST staff members (as defined in policy HR34) at University Park are eligible for the award. Term of employment is based on most recent IST date of hire (consecutive time) for full-time faculty and staff. Individuals that work 75% FTE are eligible. This does not include: wage, FT2, SUPP, adjunct, post-doc, visiting or emeritus. Individuals, who provide service to IST, but their primary work unit (development, finance, human resources, etc.), is outside of IST are eligible. Award winners from the previous year are not eligible for that particular award the following year.
Selection Criteria: The evaluation will be based upon the supporting statement and examples of the nominee's high standards of customer service to the college and its varied clientele including staff, administration, faculty, students and visitors to the college.
Nomination: Any staff or faculty member may bring forward one nominee. Self-nominations will be accepted. Nominators will be responsible for assembling support materials (including support statement).
Requirements:
- A completed nomination form that includes a brief statement (300-word limit) supporting your reasoning for this award nomination
- One additional supporting statement (300-word limit) from an individual within the college.
- Supplemental materials will not be accepted.
Selection Process: The nomination statements will be reviewed, and the recipients shall be selected by the IST Dean's Leadership Team. Any staff who are members of the Dean’s Leadership Team and nominated for the award will be recused from the discussions and decisions. The Dean has the authority to make changes to these guidelines.
