Regents Award for Staff Excellence

Description

Purpose: The Regents Award for Staff Excellence was established in 1993 by the Iowa Board of Regents in cooperation with the three Regents universities. Deans, directors, department chairs/school directors, faculty, or staff are encouraged to nominate outstanding Professional & Scientific (P&S) or merit staff members.

Eligibility: To be eligible the nominee must have been a professional and scientific or merit employee at Iowa State University for a minimum of five (5) years. Recipients must be Iowa State employees at the time of the University Awards Ceremony.

Nature of the award: A $2,500 one (1)-time stipend will be given to each recipient

Number of awards: Iowa State University will select up to four (4) P&S staff members and up to one (1) merit staff member each year for this award

Criteria:

• Describe the nominee as an outstanding university citizen
• Professional contributions/service (to the university, department/school or unit, other departments/schools or units, students, community, and the state)
• Professional recognition/contributions, positions held beyond the university (regional, national, and international)
• List of publications (including prepared reports, press releases, articles, and presentations), papers, and/or patents
• Evidence of career progress (promotion and educational advancements)
• Nominee's resume or vita

Guidelines:  

Submit three (3) letters of endorsement, including a letter of comment from a supervisor. The nominations will be reviewed based on the above criteria, therefore it is important to attach supportive information in the areas listed above (if applicable) and to include dates when possible.

Nominations for P&S and Merit Staff Awards may be submitted by an individual, employing unit, or college. If an individual would like to submit a nomination, please email the complete nomination document in a single PDF to award-regents-se@iastate.edu. The nominations will be housed in a confidential file and the nominator will receive notification of successful submission within 10-15 minutes. 

Selection process: The P&S Awards Committee will select the semifinalists and forward these to the President's Office where the final selections will be made. In the case that merit employees are nominated, the nomination review committee will add a merit staff member to participate in the review of those nominations. Award recipients and their nominator, department chair/school director, dean, or supervisor are notified by May 1. Colleges receive feedback on unsuccessful nominations by July 1. Recipients will be recognized at the University Awards Ceremony.

General Guidelines for Professional and Scientific Nominations

• Format and electronic submission instructions
• Staff university award nomination cover page [PDF | DOC]
• When the file is prepared, nominators must submit their nominations to their college by the college deadline. When the college is ready to submit their nominations, the college awards coordinator must upload the nominations to the appropriate college folder on CyBox. If you do not have access to your college's folder on CyBox, please contact Rachel Haynes, rhaynes@iastate.edu.
• If an individual would like to submit a nomination, please email the complete nomination document in a single PDF to the appropriate email address (identified in individual award guidelines). The nominations will be housed in a confidential file and the nominator will receive notification of successful submission within 10-15 minutes.

For questions or more information about award eligibility, contact:

• pands-a@iastate.edu

For questions or more information about award submission, contact:

• Rachel Haynes, (515) 294-6410, rhaynes@iastate.edu

Professional & Scientific Council awards committee