Staff and Administrative Support Guidelines

Nominations for the Staff and Administrative Support (SAS) Merit Awards can be submitted by any administrator, staff or faculty member for any full or part time administrative or staff employee. Nominations should be made for service, special initiative, mission/diversity, and justice awards reflecting work performed in the prior academic year. Nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form. Previous award recipients are acknowledged on the website. Members of the SAS will be responsible for selecting the award recipients.

Note: Elected members of the SAS are not eligible for awards based on the work they do as part of SAS.

Submit a Nomination

Three administrators and three staff members will be awarded Service Awards based on nominations.

Categories that apply to a nominee:

• Sustains exceptional job performance
• Supports the mission of SJU in particularly extraordinary ways
• Provides excellent internal and/or external customer service
• Enhances the university’s image
• Exhibits initiative and creativity
• Demonstrates special effort toward improving Saint Joseph’s University for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other University associates.

One administrator and one staff member will be awarded a Special Initiative Award based on nominations.

Nominate employees who played a significant role in the planning/execution of a special event or initiative, outside of daily job responsibilities, that positively impacts Saint Joseph’s University.

Examples may include:

Employees who initiate a new program within their department that they have either been directed to do or have taken initiative on their own to create that falls outside of their daily job responsibilities.

One staff member or administrator will be awarded the inclusion and diversity award based on nominations:

Diversity is the presence of difference within a given setting. Diversity is about a collective or a group and can only exist in relationship to others. Here we are referring to race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or social class. Some of these identities are protected classes — identities that have received (and still receive) systematic discriminatory treatment, creating barriers to opportunity and resources.

Inclusion builds a culture of belonging by actively inviting the contribution and participation of all people. Inclusion is about individuals with different identities feeling and/or being valued and welcomed within a given setting. An inclusive environment means that every person’s voice adds value.

• This award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of a staff or administrator whose activities promote diversity and inclusion and support a culture that embraces and exhibits inclusive excellence.

One staff member or administrator will be awarded the justice award based on nominations that meet the following criteria:

• Actively participate in activities relating to issues of faith and justice among members of the community of Saint Joseph’s that fall outside of daily job responsibilities
• Demonstrate commitment to social justice and effective leadership on behalf of progressive causes such as gender equity, cultural diversity, environmental sustainability, economic fairness, universal access to education and health care, global citizenship, free expression, and peace.