Categories
- FIU Community Award. This award is given to a faculty member, administrator, or staff member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching or research, or who has collaborated with the local or global community.
- FIU Safety and Loss Prevention Award (Faculty Administrative). This award is given to a faculty member or administrator who has promoted safe practices and safety-related initiatives.
- FIU Sustainability Award. This award is given to a faculty member, administrator, or staff member who has supported sustainability and respect for the environment.
- FIU Torch Award. This award is given to a faculty member, administrator, or staff member who has exemplified truth, freedom, respect, responsibility, and excellence.
- President’s Access and Equity Award. This award is given to a faculty member, administrator, or staff member who has exceeded his or her mandated job responsibilities in support of diversity and inclusion.
- Presidential Excellence Award. This award is given to a faculty member, administrator, or staff member who has supported excellence, efficiency, productivity, and quality; who has implemented new programs; or who has received peer recognition for research, scholarship, or creative activities.
- Service Excellence Award (Team). This award is given to a team of faculty, administrators, and/or staff who have provided service that consistently exceeds the expectations of customers. These individuals possess the job knowledge, people skills, motivation, and drive for continuous improvement that provide a level of service excellence that exceeds expectations.
Criteria
- Full-time faculty members are eligible to receive awards in seven of the 11 categories
- Eligibility determined by award category
- Eligibility is not open to the following leadership classifications: university president, provost, deans, and vice presidents.
Nominations/application process
Nominations made by separate person
Self-nominations and anonymous nominations will not be considered
Submitted on-line by pasting in inputs created on separate template
Stipend
None
Previous HWCOM Awardees
2016
Cheryl Brewster, PhD - President’s Access and Equity Award
NHELP Community Outreach Staff - Community Award
Additional information regarding the Service and Recognition Awards is available at HR appreciation and recognition.