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Distinguished
Service Awards
Every
year, UW Tacoma recognizes two staff members for their outstanding
contributions to the campus with the UW Tacoma Distinguished Service Award (DSA).
The awards are presented as part of the annual Spring Celebration held in late May.
How do I nominate someone?
Nominations are made through an online form. Nominations are accepted usually in February-March. To avoid complications, we ask that you confirm that the person you wish to nominate is willing to be recognized.
Who
is eligible for the award?
All UW Tacoma staff, permanent or temporary, professional, classified,
or librarians, full time or part time are eligible. A whole department or a team of people can
be nominated as a single nomination.
Who
can nominate?
Any UW Tacoma faculty, administrator, staff member or student can nominate
someone. You may only nominate one person (or group) per year. Anyone who submits
a nomination is ineligible to serve on the award selection committee.
Is
the award only for the current year of service?
No. The award is intended to recognize outstanding staff members.
There may be someone recognized for consistently going
above and beyond throughout their career at UW Tacoma. There also may
be someone recognized who has made a spectacular contribution to
the UW Tacoma community during the past year. The nomination can be for
one particular project or for many years of outstanding service.
What do the recipients receive?
The two staff members selected to receive the DSA each year are honored as part of the annual Spring Celebration where they are presented with a framed certificate and a $1,000 cash award.
The
nomination should address at least one of the following criteria:
- Excellence
in job performance.
- Substantially
exceeded in quality or quantity the performance expected for the
position or assignment.
- Inspirational
student service.
- Significant
contribution to the UW Tacoma mission.
- Exceptional
contribution to the off-campus community, which may bring credit
to UW Tacoma.
- Original
and innovative resolution of a critical issue.
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DSA RECIPIENTS*
2008
Naarah McDonald, Milgard School of Business
Lia Wetzstein, Environmental Science/IAS
2007
Karin Dalesky, IAS
Carolyn Maxson, Teaching & Learning Center
2006
Bob Hardie, Student Life
Laurie McKay, Nursing
2005
Kim Davenport, IAS
Jessica Roshan, Institute of Technology
2004
Tony Myers, Student Affairs
Cathy Thompson, Student Affairs
2003
Lisa Rankin, Student Affairs
Julia Smith, Urban Studies
2002
Nan West, Nursing
Robert Whitfield, Security
2001
Brian Anderson, Public Relations & Communications
Bronwyn Pughe, Teaching & Learning Center
2000
Wanda Curtis, Student Affairs
Joe Kapler, Media Services
1999
Beckie Etheridge, Media Services
Karen Reed, Development
1998
Sara Contreras, Education
Suzanne Klinger, Library
1997
Linda Gilbert, IAS
Dannah Madden, Nursing
*Department indicated is where the employee worked at the time they were honored. Some honorees have moved to other departments and some departments have changed names. |
