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President's Award Categories

Academic Advising

Eligibility:  Any employee who performs duties as an academic advisor with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Criteria:        

  1. Availability to students beyond regular office hours, initiative in reaching out to advisees
  2. Knowledge of resources and services that may provide a student additional help
  3. Ability to show advisees all available academic and career options

Clerical Service

Eligibility:  All clerical staffing including State, Research Foundation, PACES, and Childcare Center with at least one year of service

Requirements: Nominee must submit a current resume

 Criteria:

  1. Exceptional service to students, the public, or members of the College community
  2. Commitment to continued growth and a willingness to undertake new challenges
  3. Demonstrated creativity and innovation which has resulted in improved services or significant savings to the College

College Service

Eligibility:  All employees including State, Research Foundation, PACES, and Childcare Center with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Criteria:

  1. Significant contributions to campus activities such as committees, governance, student services, mentoring, performances, and exhibits
  2. Demonstrated service outside of one’s job duties that positively impacts the College
  3. Adaptability and a willingness to undertake new challenges

Community Service and Outreach

Eligibility:  All employees including State, Research Foundation, PACES, and Childcare Center with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Criteria:

  1. Meaningful participation in community service activities
  2. Work outside of campus that aligns with and demonstrates the College’s core values
  3. Significant contributions to the community

Operational Service

Eligibility:  All CSEA and PEF Physical Plant Employees with at least one year of service

Note:  In lieu of a nomination letter, the nominator will complete a recommendation form

Criteria:

  1. Exceptional service to students, the public, or members of the College community
  2. Commitment to continued growth and development
  3. Adaptability and a willingness to undertake new challenges

Auxiliary and College Educational Service

Eligibility:  All PACES Employees with at least one year of service

Note:  In lieu of a nomination letter, the nominator will complete a recommendation form

Criteria:

  1. Exceptional service to students, the public, or members of the College community
  2. Commitment to continued growth and development
  3. Adaptability and a willingness to undertake new challenges

Professional Service

Eligibility:  All Professional (SL) employees with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume and Performance Program

Criteria:

  1. Outstanding performance of one's duties
  2. Demonstrated decisiveness, creativity, innovation and contemporary understanding of one's field
  3. Significant and successful contributions to the College

Professional Administrative Service

Eligibility:  Management Confidential, University Police, Assistant Coaches, Clinical Faculty, Research Foundation and Childcare Center professional employees with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Criteria:

  1. Outstanding performance of one's duties
  2. Demonstrated decisiveness, creativity, innovation and contemporary understanding of one's field
  3. Significant and successful contributions to the College

Scholarship and Creative Activities

Eligibility:  All faculty with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Criteria:

  1. Investigation or creation, which has enlarged the store of human knowledge, or has expanded the potential of human creativity
  2. Significant and positive impact on the students of the College
  3. A record of excellence in creative activity appropriate for the specific field of discipline, such as exhibitions, performances, or critical reviews and grants

Teaching

Eligibility:  All teaching faculty including Librarians and Head Coaches (Lecturers) with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume and student evaluations of  2 sections from the prior 2 semesters (Librarians are excluded from submitting student evaluations)

Note:  One recommendation must be from a current student

Criteria: 

  1. Demonstrated excellence in techniques of instruction, availability and help to students
  2. Growth in one's field of instruction, concern for intellectual growth of students
  3. Adherence to high standards, positive attitude towards the profession

Adjunct Teaching

Eligibility:  All adjunct faculty with at least two semesters of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume and student evaluations of at least two sections from the prior two semesters

Note:  One recommendation must be from a current student

Criteria: 

  1. Demonstrated excellence in techniques of instruction, availability and help to students
  2. Growth in one's field of instruction, concern for intellectual growth of students
  3. Adherence to high standards, positive attitude towards the profession

Fostering a Welcoming and Inclusive Classroom Environment

Eligibility:  All teaching faculty with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Note: One recommendation must be from a current student

Criteria:

  1. Course curriculum integrates topics around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
  2. Exceptional communication and response to student, staff, and faculty needs or inquiries around the topics of DEI
  3. Demonstrated commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment           

Fostering a Welcoming and Inclusive Campus Climate

Eligibility:  All employees including State, Research Foundation, PACES and Childcare Center with at least one year of service

Requirements:  Nominee must submit a current resume

Note:  One recommendation must be from a current student

Criteria:

  1. Demonstrated proactive engagement with the community on topics of DEI
  2. Collaboration with various constituencies on campus with respect to DEI
  3. Demonstrated commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive campus climate