Penn State Brandywine is pleased to announce our 2024 Faculty and Staff Awards Program, as encouraged in University Policy FNG04 Employee Reward and Recognition Program.
Types of Awards
To demonstrate our commitment to our Penn State Brandywine Values as presented in our Penn State Brandywine Strategic Plan 2020 – 2025, our 2024 Faculty and Staff awards are:
The Penn State Brandywine Connections Award (up to 3 awards may be given)
This award will recognize exemplary work performance and achievement throughout the past year in:
- cultivating meaningful relationships on campus that have created a sense of belonging, shared identity, or wellbeing, OR
- cultivating meaningful relationships on campus that have contributed to student success, OR
- cultivating meaningful relationships/partnerships with business or community organizations that have brought significant benefit to our campus/students
The Penn State Brandywine Equity Award (up to 3 awards may be given)
This award will recognize exemplary work performance and achievement throughout the past year in:
- increasing access and full participation of our diverse student population or eliminating disparities in student success, OR
- increasing access and full participation of currently or historically marginalized employees to foster equity in professional fulfillment
The Penn State Brandywine Sustainability Award (up to 3 awards may be given)
This award will recognize exemplary work performance and achievement throughout the past year in:
- improving stewardship of prosperity (economy), our people, or our planet to promote a resilient campus, community, or world
Eligibility for the Connections, Equity and Sustainability Award
- Faculty, staff, technical service – both full-time and part-time
- Groups of employees who have worked on a particular project or initiative
- Work units, such as a particular office or part of an office
- Employees actively employed and working at Brandywine, as of the start of the 2023 – 2024 academic year (August 21, 2023)
- An award recipient is not eligible to receive the same award two years in a row.
- Not eligible – student employees, senior managers
Each recipient of the Connections, Equity and Sustainability Award will receive:
- A Certificate of Achievement
- Professional development opportunities, such as a workshop, seminar, course, or conference (up to $300 per award recipient — terms and conditions require supervisor approval and are in accordance with University policies/collective bargaining agreements)
- Ice Cream with the Chancellor
Brandywine’s Best Award (up to 3 awards may be given)
This award will recognize exemplary service, work, innovation, and excellence throughout the past year in:
- excellence in responsibilities within the scope of their position
- service on campus committees and working groups
- efforts to better the Brandywine community and serve stakeholders
- making services and procedures more efficient
Eligibility for the Brandywine’s Best Award
- Full-time staff and full-time technical service employees in good standing and with at least one year of Penn State Brandywine service.
Each recipient of the Brandywine’s Best Award will receive:
- A Certificate of Achievement
- Recognition on the Staff Advisory Council webpage
- An award basket from the Staff Advisory Council
- Ice cream with the Chancellor
The Nomination & Selection Process
Please fill out and submit the nomination form below.
You may submit nominations until April 4, 2024.
Each nomination must include the name of the nominee and a statement indicating how the nominee’s performance or leadership or participation in a particular endeavor exemplified the category this past year. In making your nominations, please consider the rich diversity of our faculty and staff.
Selection
The Staff Recognition Committee of our new Staff Advisory Council, complemented with faculty representation and a member of the senior management team, will review all nominations and make recommendations to the Chancellor for final selection.
Awards Presentation Ceremony
The awards will be announced and presented at our 2024 Faculty & Staff Awards Luncheon scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Tomezsko Lounge. Additionally, years of service and other accomplishments will be recognized.