<div dir="ltr">To CoE Faculty and Staff, see email below from Suzanne Finch.<div><br></div><div>Be well,<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Theresa M. Garcia</div><div>Assistant Dean for Student Affairs</div><div>SDSU, College of Engineering</div><div>For appointments, <a href="https://calendly.com/assistant_dean_garcia" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/assistant_dean_garcia</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>"<span style="color:rgb(16,16,16);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif">Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?</span>"</i> - Cesar E. Chavez</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Suzanne Finch</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:sfinch@sdsu.edu">sfinch@sdsu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:22 AM<br>Subject: On a more positive note...<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We are taking nominations for the 2020 Presidential Staff Excellence Awards. Please feel free to distribute this to your faculty and/or staff.</span></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The award winners, their spouse, their supervisor and the person nominating them will be guests at the reception at the president’s home this summer. </span><span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">The Presidential Staff Excellence Awards</span><span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"></span></h1><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">The SDSU Staff Honors and Awards Committee (SHAC), in association with the Office of the President, invites nominations for the 2020 Presidential Staff Excellence Awards.(<a href="https://president.sdsu.edu/leadership/presidential-staff-excellence-awards" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://president.sdsu.edu/leadership/presidential-staff-excellence-awards</span></a>)</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">The Presidential Staff Excellence Awards recognize the outstanding contributions and efforts made by SDSU staff, administrators and auxiliary staff in support of the university, the community and their fellow employees. In addition to a private event with the university president, awardees will receive a statuette and honorarium along with recognition during convocation.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">Nominations are accepted for SDSU staff members who exemplify one or more of the following award categories. Please use the online forms within the links below. An individual may be nominated for more than one award category, however each nomination must be submitted separately to address only the elements for that specific category. Nominees may receive more than one award. However, only one honorarium will be given to an individual staff member for the calendar year.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">The deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 11:59 P.M. To submit a nomination, please click on the category for which you wish to submit your nomination and fill in the appropriate blanks.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">Self-nominations are accepted.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">NOTE: Please feel free to distribute this message to staff and members of the SDSU community who are not within the SDSU email system.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"></span></p><h2 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal">The Presidential Staff Excellence Award categories are:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"></span></h2><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eOJdJp6cpg6LhPv" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Community Service</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"></span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Provided sustained civic or cultural services to the community</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Enhanced the image and advanced the goals of SDSU with the general public</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Nominees must be SDSU staff only (classroom faculty, SDSU managers and auxiliary staff are not eligible)</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0fvXaq85AWvMTyt" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Service to the University</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"></span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Provided sustained service to SDSU’s campus communities</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Worked above and beyond normal responsibilities of present assignment</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Showed high degree of involvement and commitment to the university</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Nominees must be SDSU staff only (classroom faculty, SDSU managers and auxiliary staff are not eligible)</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_818dEvMBPLIf54N" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Staff-to-Staff Mentoring</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"> – within the department or cross-discipline</span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Guided and mentored colleagues</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Encouraged staff to be involved</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Provided support to other staff including those not in the same classification or discipline</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Acted as a resource person</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Nominees must be SDSU staff only (classroom faculty, SDSU managers and auxiliary staff are not eligible)</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5tGtOwRS0E9jh2J" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Innovation</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"></span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Created new procedures</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Streamlined/expedited current service(s)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Developed/implemented new technology</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Developed/implemented cost effective savings</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Nominees must be SDSU staff only (classroom faculty, SDSU managers and auxiliary staff are not eligible)</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5cdeJVh9zdoMR1P" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Team Effort</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"> – within the department or cross-discipline (teams of more than five members will not be accepted)</span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A group that worked together to further the goals of SDSU (all in group must qualify for award)</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4YrKr496DDm6DWJ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Auxiliary Support</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"> – includes staff members of the Research Foundation, Aztec Shops and Associated Students</span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Provided outstanding service at a university activity or event</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Provided sustained service to the campus community</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Supported and/or enhanced products or services consistent with campus mission and goals</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Nominees must be auxiliary staff only (classroom faculty, SDSU managers and SDSU staff are not eligible)</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6muS4ZZ77z4SDbL" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">Manager of the Year</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20;font-weight:normal"> – includes any MPP, dean, associate dean, vice-president, president or other SDSU administrator</span></h3><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A single outstanding act or consistent behavior  that ties with the mission and vision of the university</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Nominees must be SDSU management or administrative employees only (classroom faculty, auxiliary staff and SDSU staff are not eligible)</span></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20">The qualifying criteria to receive an award are:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Must be employed with the university at the time of the award (June 30, 2020)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Must be a permanent or temporary state or auxiliary employee (full-time or part time)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Be in good standing with the university</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Not currently a tenure- or tenure-track faculty member or lecturer</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#231f20;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Not currently serving on the SHAC committee</span></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231f20"><br>The Staff Affairs Committee has appointed the independent Staff Honors and Awards Committee to review nominations and submit finalists in each category to the university president. The final selection of the nominees will be made by the President and awarded at a special event specifically for these awards. <br><br>If you have any questions, please contact the SHAC chair, Suzanne Finch at x4-0206 or <a href="mailto:sfinch@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a6192e">sfinch@sdsu.edu</span></a>.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- </p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Suzanne Finch</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Public Affairs Officer</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Fowler College of Business</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">San Diego State University</p></div></div></div></div></div>
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