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

• 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.

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