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• This award showcases individuals who have impacted the broader campus community, reaching outside of their department.

• Impact could include contributions such as improving the campus environment, fostering cross sectional collaboration, enhancing campus life, or initiating successful projects that benefit the campus.

• 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 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 celebrates an individual who demonstrates outstanding collaboration, communication, and support within a team.
• Recipients of this award 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 individual achievements.

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

• 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 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 recognizes exemplary staff with innovative ideas or approaches for leveraging existing resources that, when implemented, serve to further the .

In 2015, USM launched , 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 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 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.