Chancellor's Distinguished Staff Award Nomination Form

Eligibility

Nominee must be a full-time or part-time permanent civil service staff employee at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for at least two years by the nomination deadline, April 25, 2022, and have a good work record. Retirees are eligible if they were employed in a status appointment during the calendar year. Employees who have previously received the award are not eligible for nomination. See the Distinguished Staff Hall of Fame for a listing of past winners.

Nomination Process

Nominations may be made by any member of the campus community (staff, faculty, or student). In the event multiple nominations are submitted for one employee, only the first nomination received will be considered for the award. Once semi-finalists are chosen the nominator will be notified. At that time, Illinois Human Resources will contact the nominators of finalists to submit at least one, but no more than three, letters of support. A minimum of one of the letters must come from the nominee's current employing unit head or his/her designee. These papers will be placed in each nominee's personnel file. The name of the nominator will be released to the nominee on request. All winners will be notified of their nominator.

Fill out the nomination form which can be found at the bottom of this page and submit it by the posted deadline.

Nomination Statement

The nomination form should include descriptions of how the nominee meets three of the five criteria listed on the nomination form.

Examples are given under each criterion on the “2022 CDSA Rating Sheet Guide”, which can be found here, to assist nominators in determining where specific examples or qualities are included within criteria. Provide at least two specific examples under each criterion for support in addition to a general description of the nominee's characteristics on this criterion.

Evaluation Process

All nominations are submitted to the Selection Committee. A committee appointed by the Chancellor will administer the award program. A representative from Illinois Human Resources will staff the committee. Members of the Selection Committee will not be eligible for the award. Nominees are divided by job groups and awards are given in these categories. Nominees are judged and compared to their peers in the award category. Examples and achievements are only considered if they are related to the nominee's work in the department and/or the university.

Nomination Criteria
Choose only three to write about:
(Under each criterion is a list of examples for that criterion)