Nominations for Meritorious Service Awards
Dear Colleagues,
Now is the time to submit nominations for the 2023 SFSC Meritorious Service Awards. I request your assistance in identifying SFSC team members and others whose service has been exemplary in demonstrating excellence and commitment to the college, to our students, and to the communities we serve. Please send your nomination to Ashley Bennett in the President’s Office by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
By using the 2023 Awards Nomination Form, please submit your nominations including a brief statement explaining why the person is worthy of consideration. There should be a separate form for each person you wish to nominate, and you may send your nominations by email, drop them off at my office, or have them delivered to the President’s Office through the College mail service. If you are not sure which award an employee is eligible to receive, just write the nomination focusing on the noteworthy qualities of the nominee and send it to me. I’ll determine the most appropriate award category for which that person is eligible. For convenience, here is a list of all employees showing their respective employment categories.
I plan to share your nominations with members of a review committee comprised of recipients of the 2022 Meritorious Service Awards. This committee and the vice presidents will advise me in the selection for the 2023 awards.
Everyone who is nominated for a 2023 Meritorious Service Award will be acknowledged. As in the past, preference will be granted to those nominees who have not previously received that particular award. Please nominate worthy colleagues regardless of this. We want to recognize excellence whenever we find it no matter how often it is demonstrated.
You may nominate employees for one or more of the following Meritorious Service Awards:
- Outstanding Full-Time Career Service Employee
- Outstanding Part-Time Employee
- Outstanding Professional Employee
- The Lynn MacNeill Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member
- Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member
- Outstanding Administrator
- Outstanding Community Volunteer
- Panther Spirit Award
- Employee of the Year
In addition to the recognition itself, each award includes a monetary award. All full-time faculty who receive an award are also nominated for Excellence Awards of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and will be invited to attend the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence in Austin, Texas on May 25–28, 2024.
Again, please provide your nominations to me by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Thank you for recognizing excellence at South Florida State College. I sincerely appreciate the outstanding commitment each member of our family contributes to encouraging and supporting student success.
Fred Hawkins
