Several annual awards are open for nominations

From: Human Resources

Each year, Virginia Tech offers multiple award programs to recognize employees for their commitment to the university and community, new ideas, and teamwork. Thanks to the efforts of more than 10,000 employees, the university continues to grow, innovate, and remain a great place to learn and work.

Nominations are being accepted for the Administrative and Professional Faculty Award, McComas Staff Leadership Award, President’s Award for Excellence, and Staff Career Achievement Award. Submit your nomination by Thursday, Feb. 15, at https://www.awards.vt.edu.

See below for more information and specific award guidelines.

Administrative and Professional (A/P) Faculty Award: Sponsored by the Division of Human Resources, this award recognizes the extraordinary contributions, accomplishments, and consistent excellence in the performance of a job, single incident, or heroic act of A/P faculty at the university.

• Full-time A/P faculty are eligible except academic department heads, deans, assistant and associate deans, vice presidents, assistant and associate vice presidents, and assistant and associate provosts. 
• Employees may nominate other eligible employees based on the established nomination guidelines. Self-nominations are not accepted.
• Award winners will receive a $2,000 pre-tax award.

McComas Staff Leadership Award: Sponsored by the Division of Human Resources and the Commission for Staff Policies and Affairs, this award recognizes non-student wage and staff employees who regularly demonstrate the behaviors of a strong leader in support of the goals of the university, college, senior management area, and/or department.

• Classified and university staff and non-student hourly wage positions are eligible. Employees must have worked for the university for at least one year.
• Nominees do not need to be in a management or supervisory position.
• Award winners will receive up to a $1,000 pre-tax award.

President’s Award for Excellence: Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Division of Human Resources, this award recognizes outstanding contributions and excellent performance of salaried classified and university staff employees.

• Employees may nominate other eligible employees based on the established nomination guidelines. Self-nominations are not accepted.
• Award winners will receive a framed certificate and a $2,000 pre-tax award.

Staff Career Achievement Award: Sponsored by the Division of Human Resources, this award recognizes the contributions of staff members who retired the previous year and distinguished themselves through exemplary performance and service during their career.

• Full-time university or classified staff who served a minimum of 10 years at Virginia Tech, retired the previous year, and had a history of outstanding performance are eligible.
• A dean or vice president must submit nominations.
• Award winners will receive up to a $2,000 pre-tax award.

New this year, nominators will use a new platform to learn about the award and submit nominations. Visit https://www.awards.vt.edu, select the appropriate award, and create a nomination. Form fields are set up to auto-populate information and help speed up the process and improve accuracy. In addition, the system will automatically send nominations through a review and approval process. Nominators can start a nomination, save, and go back later to complete. Nominators can also check the status of one of their submitted nominations to see if it is pending review or has been approved.  

Please consider nominating a deserving employee for one of the above awards. The Feb. 15 deadline will approach us fast, so be sure to get your nomination in soon at https://www.awards.vt.edu!