Outstanding Staff Award

Recognizes 4-7 staff members who accomplish exceptional achievements in their respective job assignment effectively supporting the University’s mission. The staff members go above and beyond expectations in their role and have shown professional dedication to their work or have supported the university’s mission through service contributions to Baylor and the local community.

Nominations for this award closed on Feb. 1, 2024.  Check back with us next year!

Submission Guidelines

• A single nominator can submit for an individual staff member.
• A group or team can submit for an individual staff member.
• Submissions will not be accepted for multiple staff members within a single nomination submission form.
• Submissions should be unique for each individual staff member nominated.
• Submissions should be as detailed as possible in order to provide the selection committee with a significant amount of material for review.

Nomination & Eligibility Guidelines

• Nominations will be based on the employee’s exhibition of one or more of the following:
  • Accomplishes exceptional achievements in their respective job assignment;
  • Supports the fulfillment of the University’s mission;
  • Exemplifies the Christian or Jewish spirit through their interactions & service to others; and
  • Contributions through service at Baylor and/or to the greater community.
• Any staff or faculty member can nominate an eligible staff for the award.
  • Staff member may not nominate themselves for an award
• Staff (regular, non-temporary) from all employment levels are eligible, except President’s Council members.
• A staff member must be employed for a minimum of two consecutive years before he/she may be selected as outstanding staff.
  • A staff member may be selected no more than once every five years for staff awards (Staff that receive the Outstanding Staff Award cannot receive the Distinguished Leadership Award within five years of receipt of the first award, and vice versa).
• A staff member may be nominated more than once, but not by the same person in the same year.

Nominee Narrative Details

Narrative Information: Please submit a detailed narrative that describes how the nominee serves with a dedication to excellence that often goes above and beyond expectations providing service to students, parents, faculty, community members, and other staff members. The detailed narrative should show how the Baylor staff member exhibits one or more of the following:

• Accomplishes exceptional achievements in their respective job assignment
• Supports the fulfillment of the University’s mission
• Exemplifies the Christian or Jewish spirit through their interactions & service to others; and
• Contributions through service at Baylor and/or to the greater community.

Please provide specific details to support your statements; these accounts assist the committee in understanding the type of service provided by the nominee and its impact. The more detail a submission includes helps the selection committee during the review and selection process. The selection committee can only review the information in the nominee’s detailed narrative submission. No other criteria will be used by the selection committee during review of nominations.

Specifics should include detailed information relating to the 4 areas listed above and additional information such as:

• The period of time during which the contributions occurred
• How the employee’s work or actions brought positive attention to the university
• How the employee’s work may have impacted the functioning of the university
• Extent to which the employee has used an inventive, creative, or problem-solving approach to his/her responsibilities
• How the employee’s performance has enhanced the work of others

Questions

For questions regarding staff awards, please email askHR@baylor.edu.