Rising Star 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 work at least two-thirds time are eligible.
- Nominees must have completed between one and three consecutive years of staff service in the College of Engineering.
- Staff are only eligible to receive this award once, please see the list of past recipients.
Qualifications
All candidates must have:
- Demonstrated exceptional and ongoing achievements and have made significant and demonstrable contributions to their institution(s) and to the profession
- Engaged in behaviors resulting in positive outcomes in projects, publications, activities, or initiatives that in total demonstrate exceptional early and ongoing achievement
- Evidence that the contributions/innovations of the candidate are having a sustained and positive impact on the institution and/or the profession
- Looked for ways to help his/her coworkers; responded positively to requests for assistance; shared information and ideas to help others achieve their goals
- Supported team decisions and projects; actively contributed time and effort to help the team achieve its shared goals
- Will not have yet reached a senior-level position, but their track record should reflect a strong potential for an appointment at a higher level of the profession
Candidates should have performed in a manner that substantially exceeds the normal expectation for a staff member.
Nomination and Selection Process
- Nominations may be initiated by College of Engineering staff, faculty, and/or administrators. Once the nomination process has concluded, the respective department chair for each faculty nominee or manager for each staff nominee will be contacted to complete a Recommendation Form before all materials are sent to the appropriate Awards Committee for evaluation.
- The Staff Selection Committee, made up of representatives from all departments, will vote, and the Dean will finalize the winners.
- The nomination packet should consist of ONE pdf file submitted through the Nomination Form below (multiple submissions for the same nomination will not be accepted) containing the following:
- A maximum of three letters of support from current or former students and/or College/University colleagues
Nomination Form
If you have any questions, please email l.levy@northeastern.edu.
Past Recipients
| 2025 | Gabriella Bucci | Dean’s Office |
| 2025 | John Furtado | Computer Center |
| 2025 | Gretchen Hahn | Grad Admissions |
| 2025 | Rebecca Ricard | CEE |
| 2024 | Jennifer Nelson | Dean’s Office |
| 2024 | Caroline Pridmore | BioE |
| 2023 | Victoria DeRoche | Co-op |
| 2023 | Danielle McKaig | GSE |
| 2022 | Jessica Chace | Dean’s Office |
| 2022 | Hamad Rehman | Computer Center |
| 2022 | Shawna Richardson | ARC |
| 2021 | Caitlin Goldblum | UG Advising |
| 2021 | Charlie Colvin | ARC |
| 2021 | Ian Armstrong | BioE |
| 2020 | David Deeter | CEE |
| 2020 | Noah Joseph | BioE |
| 2019 | Matthew Burns | FYE |
| 2019 | Taryn Quiroa Sullivan | CEE |
| 2018 | Rebecca Jacobson | BioE |
| 2017 | Erin Schnepp | Undergraduate Academic Advising |
| 2017 | Carolina Venegas-Martinez | CEE |
| 2016 | Gabrielle Fiorenza | Co-op |
| 2016 | Nicole Nightingale | Dean’s Office |
| 2015 | Greg Anderson | Computer Center |
| 2015 | Arianna Kaplan | CEE |
| 2014 | Daniel Sullivan | STEM |