The purpose of the Dean’s Staff Recognition Award is to formally recognize the effort of staff members who consistently provide outstanding contributions to the work and community environment of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. A maximum of two (2) awards will be made in any given year depending on the caliber of the nominations.

Eligibility

All permanent staff members (full-time or part-time), are eligible to be nominated. Nominations of staff members who received this award in the past four years will not be considered (see list attached). Members of the selection committee are not eligible for this award.

Application Procedure and Documentation Requested

A departmental committee shall be constituted at the discretion of the Chair of the department. Each departmental committee will forward up to two nominations to the Faculty selection committee. Nominations may be submitted to the departmental committee by any member of the ENCS community including students, staff, and faculty. The deadline to submit nominations to the departmental committee will be at the discretion of the Chair.

Each nomination package must contain the following:

• Nomination form
• A letter from the nominator explaining the reason for nominating the staff member and providing specific examples of how the candidate has fulfilled the criteria for the award;
• A letter of support from the supervisor or manager of the nominee;
• Two other letters of support;
• Up to four pages of additional information may be attached which describes the nature of the work to be recognized.

Once approved by the departmental committee, nomination packages must be received in a sealed envelope with “Dean’s Staff Recognition Award Nomination – Confidential” clearly indicated, by the Office of the Dean no later than April 13, 2018 at 4pm.

Late nominations will not be considered.

The Faculty Selection Committee

The Selection Committee is composed as follows:

• The Dean of ENCS, who will chair the committee
• Four full time staff members to be elected by staff from the following four groups: CUSSU, CUUSS-TS, CUPEU, ACUMAE (one representative per group);
• One Associate Dean, as selected by the Dean of ENCS
• One Department Chair, as selected by the Dean of ENCS

All members of the committee will serve for a minimum of one year. Staff representatives are selected by the staff at large following established procedures. Committee members cannot sign nomination forms or participate in the nomination process.