GEM Award – Going the Extra Mile Award

The Award recognizes and rewards outstanding service by administrative, support, and technical staff employees in the College of Engineering.

Eligibility

• All staff who do not hold faculty status and who work at least two-thirds time are eligible.
• Nominees must have completed at least two consecutive years of staff service in the College of Engineering.
• Past recipients are not eligible for a period of five years after receiving the award.

Qualifications

• Performed above and beyond normal expectations
• Gone above and beyond their regular assignment in specific and recognizable ways
• Volunteered to take on responsibilities not specifically required by their supervisor and take those on with a positive and willing spirit
• Demonstrated leadership or an ability to motivate others in pursuit of excellence
• Considered situations and problems from novel and diverse perspectives; addressed challenges in an innovative manner
• Questioned existing assumptions and beliefs; encouraged people to think of alternative ways of doing things
• Considered constraints that limited innovation; worked within constraints to create novel approaches; found ways to make the most out of existing resources; swiftly moved from ideas to implementation

Candidates should have performed in a manner that substantially exceeds the normal expectation for a staff member.

Selection

The Staff Initiative Committee will select award recipients.

Nomination Process

Nominations may be initiated by College of Engineering staff, students, faculty, and/or administrators.  Each nominator, however, may nominate only one employee for this award each year.

The nomination packet should consist of ONE pdf file emailed to fac-staff-awards@coe.neu.edu (separate emails will not be accepted) containing the following:

• one letter of nomination including the names of the nominator(s) and the nominee which should include the rationale for the nomination and pertinent accomplishments; the letter will be preferably one page and a maximum of two pages in length;
• a letter of support from the COE department chair or director, if not included among the nominators above;
• a maximum of three letters of support from current or former students and/or College/University colleagues.

If you have any questions, please email fac-staff-awards@coe.neu.edu.

Past Recipients