Tips for Writing Award Nominations: Outstanding Staff Award
Limit the nominee’s name and pronouns to maintain a blinded review.
Provide specific examples showing how the nominee's achievements positively impacted you, your classmates, your department, or the campus.
Use clear, detailed examples to help the committee understand the nominee's actions and contributions. Spell out acronyms and focus on specifics rather than fancy language.
Write concise sentences. Include clear, specific details. As you prepare to answer the following questions, focus on providing concrete examples.
• What did the nominee do?
• Projects and/or activities that were outstanding and go beyond the nominee’s job description
• Any challenges or issues encountered were overcome with the nominee’s assistance.
• Initiative and/or leadership
• Creativity and/or innovation
• Behaviors and/or attitudes
• What did the nominee accomplish?
• Are there specific benefits derived from those efforts?
It is one thing to report what a person did, but the selection committee would like to know if those accomplishments were a normal part of the person’s job or something more.
• Was this an extra task, voluntarily taken on?
• Clearly explain how the nominee’s actions benefited you and others.
An individual student may submit a nomination or may work with one or more classmates to:
• Choose a staff member you believe deserves the Outstanding Staff Award.
• Discuss and list reasons for your choice.
• Write and submit the nomination together.
Nominee is a hard worker who goes above and beyond their job duties. In addition, Nominee is always reliable, diligent, and willing to help.
Although the person in this position doesn't typically provide guidance, the nominee supported me and many others by introducing us to classmates and organizing group activities. The transition from knowing everyone in class to not knowing a single person is a big change in a student’s life, so the nominee’s help in that regard is very meaningful.