Eligibility
All permanent non-faculty employees of The College of New Jersey, including all classified, administrative unit and administrative non-unit job categories, as well as temporary employees with more than one year of consecutive service, are eligible. Cabinet Officers of the College are not eligible.
Award Criteria
Determination of the award will be based on an outstanding or exceptional contribution to the campus community. Examples include an achievement, particularly high quality of work, a set of skills, a creative idea or innovation, etc., expressed in some action within the nominee’s work unit that can be shown to have an exceptional impact upon the College or a segment of the College.
The identified contribution(s) may have resulted in a wide range of identifiable outcomes, including, but not limited to, enhancing the quality of campus safety, culture, or health, financial and/or other resource savings, improved service to students, faculty, or staff, and community outreach. The applicants/nominators will be asked to provide evidence of impact on the College or segments of the College.
The overarching principle in the review process for selection of recipients of this award is exceptional quality of work. The quantity of work may serve as a factor when appropriate.