Board of Regents Staff Awards

• This award highlights exceptional work specific to their position or department, demonstrated by effectiveness in job performance, resulting in significant contributions to their department's goals.
• Recipients of this award consistently meet/exceed expectations, display a high level of professionalism, and set a benchmark for quality and excellence within their field.

• This award showcases individuals who have impacted the broader campus community, reaching outside of their department.
• This could include contributions such as: improving the campus environment, fostering cross sectional collaboration, enhancing student life, or initiating successful projects that benefit the campus as a whole.

• This award recognizes individuals who not only embody admirable qualities and behaviors but also actively engage in formal or informal mentoring.
• This person should embody the values and standards of the organization, inspire colleagues through their actions and attitude, and positively influence the workplace culture.

• This award celebrates an individual who demonstrates outstanding collaboration, communication, and support within a team.
• Recipients are those who go above and beyond to foster a positive work environment, contribute to collective goals, and uplift their peers. They strive in showcasing a commitment to the success of the entire team rather than just personal achievements.

• This award highlights a staff member who has put forth effort to cultivate an environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported, regardless of their position, status, identities, or other personal attributes.

• Recipients of this award actively promote multicultural understanding, equitable practices, and a sense of belonging emphasizing the importance of diverse perspectives in achieving common goals.

• This award showcases staff who have demonstrated a track record of specific accomplishments over the course of their time working in the USM.
• Recipients of this award excel in multiple areas such as, but not limited to: implementing creative approaches to improving processes and/or contribute to the success of the home unit / institution; staff in non-supervisory roles who provide leadership, team building and/or mentoring; staff in supervisory roles who consistently grow their unit / institution by supporting, mentoring, and advocating on behalf of their direct reports.

• This award recognizes a staff member who has consistently prioritized student success throughout their USM career and has a track record of making a difference and impact in students’ lives.
• Recipients of this award have consistently led or contributed to programs and initiatives that have positively impacted and/or transformed the student experience.

• This award celebrates an staff member with a passion for and dedication to a projectand/or cause and specific accomplishments that leverage the outreach and service priorities of the institution/system.
• Recipients of this award have, throughout their USM career, sustained a collaborative commitment to improving the greater community. The award recognizes contributions in and through their role in the USM rather than as a private citizen.

This award recognizes exemplary staff with innovative ideas or approaches for leveraging existing resources that, when implemented, serve to further the Efficiency and Effectiveness (E&E) Initiative of the University System of Maryland.

In 2015, USM launched E&E 2.0, which aims to enhance student success, continue innovation in teaching and learning, reengineer administrative processes, and reduce costs.

Complete nomination packets in this category must include (somewhere in the application materials): a brief description of the innovation and its potential benefits and magnitude (single institution, multi-institution, system-wide). The recipient may be invited to address the Board of Regents.

• This award highlights a staff member who has put forth effort to cultivate an environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported, regardless of their position, status, identities, or other personal attributes.
• Recipients of this award actively promote multicultural understanding, equitable practices, and a sense of belonging emphasizing the importance of diverse perspectives in achieving common goals.