Outstanding Staff Awards Program

 2007 Outstanding Staff Award Nomination Form here.

Recognition is an important part of our culture at USF.  While we believe in providing employees with regular feedback throughout their employment, we also believe in identifying those individual staff members who demonstrate excellence and a high level of performance that supports the overall values and standards of the University.  Each spring, the University hosts an Outstanding Staff Awards ceremony to recognize and celebrate those individuals who were nominated and selected for the most prestigious award for Staff and Administration employees at USF.   

Nominations are solicited from the USF community, usually in January of each calendar year.  We’ve opened up the nomination process a little earlier this year, on November 15, 2007.  We’d like to encourage nominators to submit nominations when they see outstanding contributions being made. Recognizing people when they do great things is key.  Individuals are encouraged to nominate employees who demonstrate the high standards and excellence expressed in the Values and Service Standards statements below: 

The University of South Florida values 

• Teaching, research, and service based on the highest standards of discovery, creativity and intellectual attainment.
• Development of the personal and professional potential of students, faculty and staff, and enriching the quality of campus life.
• An ethic of collegiality based on integrity, civility, academic freedom, professional responsibility and collaboration among disciplines and units.
• Access to an excellent education.
• University/community engagement that increases the understanding of urban issues and advances.
• Cultural and ethnic diversity and global understanding.

Standards of Service

• We will acknowledge an inquiry as quickly as possible within the service levels established for individual units. 
• We will make the point of conflict the point of resolution.
• We will listen to our students and fellow workers and our communications will be clear and understandable.
• We will identify opportunities to simplify systems and process in ways that benefit both internal and external stakeholders.
• We will give the student the benefit of the doubt.
• We will set the conditions so that students and visitors who interact with any University departments feel welcomed, relaxed and comfortable.

To nominate an individual for this award: 

• The employee must have at least twelve (12) months of continuous service with USF.
• Nominate the employee by filling out the nomination form and providing your own letter of endorsement.
• All nominations must be supported by at least one letter of endorsement.  A maximum of three letters of endorsement may be submitted. 
• All nomination forms must be submitted along with the letters of endorsement and signed by the nominee’s supervisor and Dean/Director.  Nominations must be submitted to the nominee’s Dean/Director by February 8, 2008.
• A statement outlining the nominee’s outstanding accomplishments is required specifying how their accomplishments have impacted the University, including specific details about the results achieved by the nominee.

Specific information about the nomination process is released each year, including timelines for submittal and guidelines for selection.  You may obtain an Outstanding Staff Award nomination form, including instructions and timelines, by clicking on this link.

Questions?  Please contact Judy Lowry in Human Resources at (813) 974-5484 or jlowry@admin.usf.edu.