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Staff Awards

UHD's annual Staff Awards Ceremony is a special time to honor staff members for their dedication and service to UHD. Staff service awards recognize, honor, and reward staff members for continuous dedication and meritorious service to the university. The Staff Awards Ceremony is governed by PS 02.A.26, the Staff Service Awards policy, which also covers division-wide awards ceremonies. Current employees may learn more on the Staff Awards page of the HR SharePoint site. 

Award Categories

Service Longevity Awards

Service Longevity Awards recognize five or more years of service at UHD, adjusted for breaks in service, in increments of five years.

Nominations are not required; HR will use information from PeopleSoft to determine award eligibility.

Staff Impact Awards

Staff Impact Awards honor UHD staff members for achievement in domains related to UHD's strategic plan, mission, and vision. There are several categories for which employees can be nominated:

  • Student Success: Nominees contribute to the personal, professional, or academic development of a student or group of students above and beyond the expectation of their position. Nominees foster a student-centered atmosphere and contribute to the retention of a student or students above and beyond the expectations of their position.
  • Leadership: Nominees for the Leadership Award must demonstrate excellence in leadership and serve as a positive role model. The Leadership Award is presented to a staff member who leads others, inspires and motivates, and displays leadership qualities, including exceptional communication, problem-solving, integrity, and a desire to help others succeed. Nominees demonstrate commitment to and support of university values, including excellence, student success, inclusiveness, respect, and integrity.
  • Rookie of the Year: Nominees for this award should have a remarkable ability to adjust to a new work environment while demonstrating outstanding enthusiasm and a high level of energy. Only employees who have not yet completed one year of service to UHD by the nomination package deadline are eligible to be nominated for the Rookie of the Year award.
  • Goes the Extra Mile: Nominees for this award consistently go above and beyond what is required and expected in performing their job duties and responsibilities. Nominees have made a major impact on an important university event, function, or service, and/or continuously display outstanding work performance above and beyond what is normally expected.
  • Teamwork: Staff members who facilitated or led a cohesive team to achieve an important shared goal should be considered for the Teamwork Award. Nominees collaborate with colleagues outside of their immediate department to meet the needs of the UHD community. Nominees produce results that increase productivity and efficiency, boost morale, improve customer service, support retention, and/or result in other notable accomplishments in alignment with UHD's strategic goals. Nominees provide outstanding and ongoing excellence in service to faculty, staff, students, the UHD community, and/or other customers. Teams may not exceed ten members.

Nominate a colleague for an Impact Award

The President's Staff Excellence Award

The President's Staff Excellence Award recognizes one staff member for individual excellence achieved in their role within the university. The President's Staff Excellence Award is the highest honor the university can bestow upon a staff employee. It is designed to recognize and honor one staff member every year that has served the university in an exemplary manner.

Eligibility requirements

  • Consistently make a positive impact through contribution and commitment to the university's core purpose and values
  • Have performed at a level above and beyond normal job requirements
  • Have a significant impact on the university through outstanding dedication, competence, excellent customer service, and ingenuity/innovation
  • Have demonstrated an exceptional ability to foster collaboration, communication, and cooperation among colleagues and university constituents
  • Have demonstrated dependability, responsibility, and stability
  • Have at least three consecutive years of service with UHD in a full-time, benefits-eligible position
  • May not have any formal disciplinary action within 12 months prior to the nomination date
  • Have not won the President's Staff Excellence Award in the last three academic/award years

  • The President's Executive Board, Associate/Assistant Vice Presidents, Deans, and the Staff Council President are not eligible for any awards.

 

Nominate a colleague for the President's Staff Excellence Award

 
 

Whether they have performed outstandingly or helped to achieve one of the university's goals, recipients of Staff Impact Awards and the President's Staff Excellence Award have clearly gone above and beyond normal expectations. These significant achievements are the product of driven staff members who have worked hard to transform the institution and serve our students. 

 

Employee Academic Achievement Recognition

UHD encourages and supports the pursuit of educational development opportunities to develop and enhance staffs' knowledge, skills, and abilities and to improve their opportunities for advancement. Please submit the Employee Academic Achievement Recognition form if you earned an Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, or Ph.D.

 

Questions

Please contact hr@uhd.edu with any questions you may have about the annual Staff Awards Ceremony, the award categories, and/or the award recipient selection process. We are happy to help!

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