October 10, 2024

We’re excited to invite you to celebrate the outstanding UW staff whose remarkable contributions deserve recognition by nominating them for the Distinguished Staff Award — the University’s highest staff honor.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit nominations for staff (an individual or a team) who embody excellence in one or more of the following categories: 

  • Collaboration: Demonstrates outstanding achievement or ongoing excellence through effective collaboration.
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Contributes to building welcoming and respectful learning and working environments and/or whose work promotes access, opportunity and justice.
  • Impact: Has made a significant impact at the UW. The results of the impact can be at a team, department or institutional level, or has helped a specific audience or community.
  • Innovation: Drives lasting change through implementing creative solutions to complex problems or driving significant efforts that enhance service and/or efficiency.
  • Career achievement*: Has dedicated many years of service to the UW and demonstrates excellence throughout their career.
    *Only available for individual nominations.

Eligibility

Any staff member who holds a 50% or greater regular appointment and has been employed at the UW for at least six months by Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, can be nominated. For team nominations, the team can include faculty, graduate students and student workers, but must be primarily composed of staff that fit the above criteria for individual nominees. Additional award criteria can be found on the Distinguished Staff Award website.

Each nominee will receive a congratulatory letter and copy of their nomination and will be celebrated at the Distinguished Staff Award reception in early 2025. Five nominees will be selected for a $5,000 award and honored at the annual Awards of Excellence ceremony in June 2025.

Please join us in celebrating and recognizing staff members who make a lasting impact on our organization, coworkers and the communities we serve.  

make your nomination

by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.