The Key Contributor Award honors an engineering staff employee with 10 or more years of continuous service as a staff member within Texas A&M Engineering (TEES or college non-faculty position). This employee significantly supports the engineering program with recognizable contributions over a sustained period of time.
Award Criteria
- Must be a full-time budgeted employee with 10 or more years of continuous service as a staff member within Texas A&M Engineering (TEES or college non-faculty position). Graduate student employees and student worker employees are not eligible for this award.
- Must have a current performance evaluation on file with a rating of "Meets Expectations" or higher.
- Must have completed required trainings as of March 1.
- Has not received any disciplinary action in the past two years.
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Recipients who receive any individual staff award will not be eligible for another nomination for another four years.
Recipient
- The award recipient receives an award plaque.
- The award recipient receives a $2,500 check.
- The number of recipients is one.
Nomination Questions
The nominator will be required to answer the following questions about the nominee during the online award submission.
- Assume that you are introducing this person to a group of coworkers, what characteristics would you want to include that describe your nominee?
- Give examples of long-term, sustainable contributions this individual has made within their work unit/Engineering Program and include the associated significant impact that resulted.
- Describe efforts made towards more efficient or productive operations within engineering that have improved service quality to students, staff, faculty, or external customers.