Award for Staff Excellence

The Award for Staff Excellence recognizes and rewards a staff member in the Faculty of Science for demonstrated excellence in their support of the teaching and/or research missions of the faculty and/or for their contributions to civic engagement. 

The award consists of a commemorative plaque and a cash prize or professional development allowance of $1000. Names of award winners will be permanently displayed on a wall plaque in the general office of the Dean of Science. The award is supported by anonymous donations to the Faculty of Science for the support of teaching and research excellence.

Eligibility

• nominees must have been employed as CUPE 951 or PEA staff in the Faculty of Science for at least 3 years
• both full and part-time staff members are eligible
• previous winners of this award and winners of the President's Distinguished Service Award are not eligible

Nominations

• nominations may be submitted by faculty, staff or students in the Faculty of Science
• one nomination from a given department or school will be accepted each year
• nominations in a given year may remain in the pool for up to 5 years total with updates made as appropriate
  • the 5-year eligibility window will re-start if a nomination is withdrawn then re-submitted in a future year

A nomination package should include:

• a cover letter by the nominator of not more than 2 pages must outline why the nominee merits the award
• the nominator must have the nominee's written consent to put their name forward for the award
• a letter from the chair/director of the nominating unit, or dean in the case of Stores Staff, summarizing the support to the department/school
• up to 5 letters of support from members of the unit
• up to 3 pages of additional supporting materials

The deadline for nominations is May 31 of each year. Nominations should be sent to lrudman@uvic.ca. 

Selection committee

The selection committee for the Award will be the Staff Advisory Committee of the Faculty of Science, chaired by the dean. The dean will vote only in the case of a tie.

This committee will normally be composed of the Administrative Officer (AO) from each of the 6 units in the faculty, plus a staff member from the Office of the Dean.

If a staff representative is a nominee, then that unit must find an alternate. The competition will run if at least 1 nomination is submitted.

The selection committee may decide, after reviewing all of the nominations, that no candidate merits the award in a given year.

Past recipients