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Nominate a colleague for new staff award

Why not make your co-worker’s day and nominate him or her for an award?

UVic President David Turpin has created the annual President’s Distinguished Service Award to recognize outstanding university employees who have contributed to the betterment of the university and its community.
You can nominate a UVic employee in two categories—distinguished service and the team award for innovation. The distinguished service award recognizes up to three employees, or groups of employees, for their outstanding contributions to the university’s learning and working environment.

The team award honours a team or group for innovations that improve an educational, administrative or organizational process. The award may recognize an initiative, project, program or technique that has been implemented. Teams can be permanent or ad hoc.

Recipients will receive a plaque and $1,000 for professional development ($6,000 maximum limit in the case of team awards).

Any UVic employee or recognized student organization can nominate an individual, group of individuals or team. The nomination deadline is Thursday, Oct. 31. The results will be announced at the president’s holiday reception on Dec. 12.

More information and nomination forms are available online at <web.uvic.ca/univsec>.